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Gwenview

Gwenview is an image viewer, available on Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

At a glance

All of Gwenview is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer by KDE, ideal for browsing and displaying a collection of images. Features: Simple image editing: rotate, crop, resize, mirror, flip, reduce red eye, and adjust brightness, contrast, or gamma Annotate and mark up images with arrows, shapes, text boxes, image stamps, and more Basic file management actions such as copy, move, delete, and others

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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