Simple Viewer

Project moved to GitHub: https://github.com/reybits/simple-viewer-gl

Small and simple viewer for Linux, support multipage images, support transparency and alpha-channel in images.

Features

No WM / DE dependency
Fast image manipulation
Without GUI
Hardware acceleration (OpenGL-based)
Support very large PNG, GIF, TIFF, and JPEG images
Ability to show pixel information under cursor

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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andreyu Posted 2010-08-29

I use it alwaysm because I develop it ;)

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD

Languages

English

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Image Viewers

Registered

2008-06-14

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