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submitted 1 day ago by PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Looking for an open-source alternative for image viewing so I can get rid of the AI‑embedded Windows Photos. I did some research and I'm trying IrfanView, but it needs separate plugins for AVIF, WebP, etc. Nomacs' last update was 2020. I'm going to try ImageGlass and XnView, but I wonder if there is some software that's more widely recommended - like VLC, but for images.

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[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For viewing? :S I tried it for batch conversion and I was very disappointed it somehow skipped files on big batches, but I didn't find a way to view images with it - I mean, trying to open an image with its .exe does nothing.

[-] Comexs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ImageMagick does support displaying images but it only supported when you use x11 (Xwayland).

# the `display` command will give you a missing error even if you have ImageMagick installed (At least on my winget installation of ImageMagick)
display image.png
# give you a x11 error on windows
magick display image.png

if for some reason you want something similar you could use ffplay it both supported on windows and x11 from what I know.

I tried it for batch conversion and I was very disappointed it somehow skipped files on big batches

I haven't had any issues with ImageMagick with converting images, but I would rather use a dedicate command for encoder like avifenc, cjxl, cjpegli, and cwbep, since they have more options than ImageMagick or utilize newer encoders, such as cjpegli.

this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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