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qv (quickview)

2D Data Visualizer.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: statistics and charts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “It provides analysis tools including statistics, histogram, range selection, dynamic range reduction, value inspection, and color maps.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of qv (quickview) is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Qv is a viewer for 2D scalar data such as images, sensor data, simulations, renderings, videos etc. It provides analysis tools including statistics, histogram, range selection, dynamic range reduction, value inspection, and color maps. Most file formats are supported.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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