3 ## ![][image_ref_geeqie_png] Geeqie - an image viewer
5 This is Geeqie, a successor of GQview.
7 Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organiser program for Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix-like operating systems
9 It can be used as a simple database-free image viewer but it also has extensive capabilities.
11 Please send any questions, problems or suggestions to the [mailing list](mailto:geeqie@freelists.org) or
12 open an issue on [Geeqie at GitHub](https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues).
14 (NB Unless you first subscribe to the mailing list, you will not receive automated responses)
16 Subscribe to the mailing list [here](https://www.freelists.org/list/geeqie).
18 The project website is <http://www.geeqie.org/> and you will find the latest sources in the
19 [Geeqie repository](http://geeqie.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=geeqie.git).
23 * [Features](#features)
24 * [Downloading](#downloading)
25 * [Installation](#manual-installation)
26 * [Notes and changes for the latest release](#notes-and-changes-for-the-latest-release)
27 * [Requirements](#requirements)
31 Geeqie is a graphics file viewer. Basic features:
33 * Single click image viewing / navigation.
37 * Thumbnails, with optional caching and .xvpics support.
39 * Multiple file selection for move, copy, delete, rename, drag and drop.
41 * Thumbnail preview of the destination for move, copy and rename functions.
43 * On-the-fly renaming for move and copy functions, with formatted and auto-rename features.
45 * File grouping (an image having jpeg, RAW and xmp files will appear as a single entity).
47 * Selectable exif auto-rotation of images.
49 * Single click file copy or move to pre-defined folders - with undo feature.
54 * Support for stereoscopic images
55 * input: side-by-side (JPS) and MPO format
56 * output: single image, anaglyph, SBS, mirror, SBS half size (3DTV)
58 * Viewing raster and vector images, in the following formats:
59 * 3FR, ANI, APM, ARW, AVIF, BMP, CR2, CR3, CRW, CUR, DDS, DjVu, DNG, ERF, GIF, HEIC, HEIF, ICNS, ICO, JP2. JPE/JPEG/JPG, JPEG XL, JPS, KDC, MEF, MOS, MPO, MRW, NEF, ORF, PBM/PGM/PNM/PPM, PEF, PNG, PSD, PTX, QIF/QTIF (QuickTime Image Format), RAF, RAW, RW2, SCR (ZX Spectrum), SR2, SRF, SVG/SVGZ, TGA/TARGA, TIF/TIFF, WEBP, WMF, XBM, XPM.
60 * Display images in archive files (.ZIP, .RAR etc.).
61 * Animated GIFs are supported.
63 * Preview and thumbnails of video clips can be displayed. Clips can be run via a defined external program.
65 * Images can be displayed singly in normal or fullscreen mode; static or slideshow mode; in sets of two or four per page for comparison; or as thumbnails of various sizes. Synchronised zoom when multi images are displayed.
67 * Pan(orama) view displays image thumbnails in calendar, grid, folder and other layouts.
68 * All available metadata and Exif/IPTC/XMP data can be displayed, as well as colour histograms and assigned tags, keywords and comments.
70 * Selectable image overlay display box - can contain any text or meta-data.
72 * Panels can be docked or floating.
74 * Tags, both predefined and custom, can be assigned to images, and stored either as image metadata (where the file format allows), sidecar files, or in directory metadata files. Keywords and comments can also be assigned.
76 * Basic editing in the form of lossless 90/180-degree rotation and flipping is supported; external programs such as GIMP, Inkscape, and custom scripts using ImageMagick can be linked to allow further processing.
78 * Advanced searching is available using criteria such as filename, file size, age, image dimensions, similarity to a specified image, or by keywords or comments. If images have GPS coordinates embedded, you may also search for images within a radius of a geographical point.
80 * Geeqie supports applying the colour profile embedded in an image along with the system monitor profile (or a user-specified monitor profile).
82 * Geeqie sessions can be remotely controlled from external software, so it can be used as an image-viewer component of a bigger application.
84 * Geeqie includes a 'find duplicates' tool which can compare images using a variety of criteria (filename, file size, visual similarity, dimensions, image content), either within a single folder or between two folders. Finding duplicates ignoring the rotation of images is also supported.
85 * Images may be given a rating value (also known as a "star rating").
87 * Maps from [OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org) may be displayed in a side panel. If an image has GPS coordinates embedded, its position will be displayed on the map - if Image Direction is encoded, that will be displayed also. If an image does not have embedded GPS coordinates, it may be dragged-and-dropped onto the map to encode its position.
89 * Speed of operation can be increased by caching thumbnails and similarity data of images. When Geeqie is run as a stand-alone command line program (`geeqie --cache-maintenance <path>`) these data will be recursively created from the defined start point. This program can be called from `cron` or `anacron` so that cache updating is automatically done at specified intervals.
91 * Extensible via plugins
97 * as a package for Linux and BSD systems (See the [project web page](https://www.geeqie.org#download)).
99 * as a [flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.geeqie.Geeqie) from the [Flathub site](https://flathub.org/home).
101 * as an [AppImage](https://www.geeqie.org/AppImage/index.html) (Generated from the latest sources).
103 * as a [Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/geeqie) package for macOS.
105 However Geeqie is stable and you may compile the latest version from sources.
107 There are two scripts which will download and compile the sources for you.
109 The first script will install Geeqie to a defined location, and will run under any system. However, it is left to you to make sure dependencies are fulfilled.
110 To get the script, from the command line type:
113 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixlsus/Scripts/master/build-geeqie
114 chmod +x build-geeqie
117 The second script will run only on Debian-based system, but will fulfil all dependencies and also give you the opportunity to include additional pixbuf loaders and other useful programs.
118 To get the script, from the command line type:
121 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/master/geeqie-install-debian.sh
122 chmod +x geeqie-install-debian.sh
125 If you wish to compile the sources yourself you may download the latest version (if you have installed git) from here:
127 Either: `git clone git://git.geeqie.org/geeqie.git`
129 Or: `git clone http://git.geeqie.org/git/geeqie.git`
131 ### Manual Installation
133 List compile options: `./autogen.sh --help`
136 `./autogen.sh --disable-gtk3`,
138 Compilation: `./autogen.sh [options]; make -j`
140 Install: `[sudo] make install`
142 Removal: `[sudo] make uninstall`
146 The zip and gzip files at geeqie.org and GitHub contain only the sources - they cannot, by themselves, be used to install Geeqie.
148 It is recommended to always use `git clone git://git.geeqie.org/geeqie.git` to download Geeqie. After installing Geeqie you may delete the folder you have cloned Geeqie into.
150 However if you leave the folder intact, whenever new features or patches are available, execute:
152 `git pull; sudo make uninstall; sudo make maintainer-clean; ./autogen.sh; make -j<no. of cpu cores>; sudo make install`
154 Only the changed sources are downloaded, which makes this a quick operation.
156 Your configuration file, history file and desktop files are not affected by this process.
158 ### Notes and changes for the latest release
160 See the NEWS file in the installation folder, or [Geeqie News at GitHub](https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/blob/master/NEWS)
162 And either the ChangeLog file or [Geeqie ChangeLog](http://geeqie.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=geeqie.git;a=shortlog)
164 ### Required libraries
166 Required libraries for a Debian installation may be listed by:
169 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/master/geeqie-install-debian.sh
170 chmod +x geeqie-install-debian.sh
171 ./geeqie-install-debian.sh --list
176 If you plan on making any major changes to the code that will be offered for
177 inclusion to the main source, please contact us first - so that we can avoid
178 duplication of effort.
182 See the Geeqie Bug Tracker at <https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues>
184 [image_ref_geeqie_png]:
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