vimiv-qt vs sxiv

vimiv-qt

An image viewer with vim-like keybindings (by karlch)

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sxiv

Simple X Image Viewer (by xyb3rt)

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vimiv-qt		sxiv
	Project
1	Mentions	3
170	Stars	1,734
-	Growth	-
9.1	Activity	10.0
3 days ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Python	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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vimiv-qt

Posts with mentions or reviews of vimiv-qt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-07-10.

Best Lightweight Image Viewer?
6 projects | /r/linux | 10 Jul 2021

A more feature full sxiv style image viewer: vimiv-qt

sxiv

Posts with mentions or reviews of sxiv. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

What are you rewriting in rust?
36 projects | /r/rust | 10 Jul 2023

i'm just start exploring Rust GUI world and currently i try to write an image viewer like sxiv with iced
[herbstluftwm] g̶̼̟̓̒ĺ̶̦̠̿i̷̮̫͌t̵̻̋̄c̸͍̙̊h̵̦͛͜ all the things
2 projects | /r/unixart | 23 May 2023

image viewer: sxiv
Switching from Linux. Need help.
3 projects | /r/MacOS | 12 Feb 2023

I tried that and didn't like it, I highly recommend checking out sxiv.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vimiv-qt and sxiv you can also consider the following projects:

qimgv - Image viewer. Fast, easy to use. Optional video support.

feh - a fast and light image viewer

ueberzug - ueberzug is a command line util which allows to display images in combination with X11. The user is expected to have knowledge of theoretical computer science. https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug/wiki/Troubleshooting/119e30f331799b30fb9594db29740685cb09425b

sxiv - Simple X Image Viewer

image-roll - Image Roll - simple and fast GTK image viewer with basic image manipulation tools. Written in Rust.

zathura - a document viewer

nomacs - nomacs is a free image viewer for windows, linux, and mac systems.

buku - :bookmark: Personal mini-web in text

term-image - Display images in the terminal with python

tensorken - A fun, hackable, GPU-accelerated, neural network library in Rust, written by an idiot