Image Viewer and Browser for Unix/X11
Ximaging is a lightweight, multithreaded, open source image viewer for FreeBSD, Linux and other Unix like platforms running X11. The application can be run in viewer or browser mode. The viewer displays full size images and provides zooming, panning, rotation and other useful functions. The browser searches a directory for known image file types and displays them as thumbnails. Additionally both modes provide basic file management routines. A custom tool may be specified for opening selected files in another application for editing.
Most common raster image types are suppported directly, while filters (any program that can write PNM/PAM data to the stdout) may be used to add support for other kinds of image data.
The program is written in C, and uses the Motif widget toolkit. The source code may be modified and distributed under the terms of the X/MIT license.
Downloads
Latest Stable (Jun 21 2024): ximaging-src-1.8.tar.xz
Tested Development Snapshot (Oct 17 2024): ximaging-src.tar.xz
You can support the author via Liberapay if you find the software useful.
Changes since last release:
- Support for external filters.
- Minor GUI enhancements ("Pass To..." menu command, SGI style path field, additional toolbar buttons, select by glob pattern).
- Added -f (force file type) command line option to the Viewer.
- Support for additional sub-formats in TGA and SGI readers.
- PNM/PAM image handling.
Complete history: ximaging-changes.txt
See the included README file for build instructions. Everything is usually tested on FreeBSD and some sort of GNU/Linux. If you have a question that isn't answered in the manpage, feel free to contact me (Alex): mail@fastestcode.org
Screenshots
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Trivia
Git repositories and distfiles archived/mirrored on SourceForge and Github.
See also: XFile • EMWM • Misc. X Stuff • Homepage About