Geeqie
Geeqie is a free, open-source image editor for Linux. Claiming to be the best image viewer / photo collection browser. It has 625 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at BestImageViewer/geeqie.
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About Geeqie
Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems. It can be used as a simple database-free image viewer, but it also has extensive capabilities.
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Is Geeqie free and open source?
Yes. Geeqie's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Geeqie?
Download the installer for Linux from its GitHub Releases page (latest: v3.3).
Is Geeqie still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.