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Weasis

Free medical DICOM viewer.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: central authentication (LDAP, SSO…), 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
  • “Authentication via Basic, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect, working with Keycloak, Google Cloud Healthcare, or any OIDC provider” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Measurement and annotation, including length, area, angle (Cobb), pixel-region statistics, histograms, and SUV for PET/nuclear imaging” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (EPL-2.0 / Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

An open-source DICOM viewer for standalone and web use, built for medical image visualization in PACS and DICOM workflows — from routine reading to AI-assisted review and quantitative imaging. It is used by hospitals, health networks, multicenter research trials, and patients. General features: Open source under the EPL 2.0 or Apache 2.0 license Integrates with PACS, VNA, RIS, HIS, or EHR Desktop builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux; web launch via the weasis:// protocol Responsive UI for high-DPI screens, with support for over 20 languages Server- and client-side configuration with multi-level overrides API for custom plug-ins; embeddable viewer for CD/DVD or portable media The Dicomizer module converts images, videos, PDFs, and STL meshes into DICOM Connectivity and interoperability: Classic DIMSE: Query/Retrieve (C-FIND, C-GET, C-MOVE) and Store (C-STORE) DICOMweb (QIDO-RS, WADO-RS, STOW-RS) and WADO-URI for legacy PACS Authentication via Basic, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect, working with Keycloak, Google Cloud Healthcare, or any OIDC provider Send to PACS or DICOMweb, or export locally as DICOMDIR ZIP, ISO with embedded viewer, or common image and video formats Viewer features: Broad data-type support, including multi-frame, Enhanced CT/MR/US volumes, SR, PR, KOS, SEG, RT, ECG, and Parametric Map, with the common DICOM codecs Multi-monitor viewing with per-monitor calibration, HiDPI, and full-screen; customizable mouse and keyboard controls Advanced imaging: oblique MPR, MIP, 3D volume rendering with segmentation overlay, 4D/multi-phase splitting, and side-by-side comparison layouts Measurement and annotation, including length, area, angle (Cobb), pixel-region statistics, histograms, and SUV for PET/nuclear imaging Dedicated viewers for ECG waveforms, structured reports (SR), audio (AU), and radiotherapy (RT structure set, dose, DVH)

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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