Gwenview
| Gwenview | |
|---|---|
| Gwenview in KDE Gear 21.12.0 | |
| Original author | Aurélien Gâteau |
| Developer | KDE |
| Stable release | 25.12.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata
/ 3 December 2025 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Platform | KDE Frameworks, Qt |
| Type | Image viewer |
| License | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only |
| Website | apps |
| Repository | |
Gwenview is an image viewer for Unix-like systems (including Linux) and is released as part of the KDE Applications bundle. The current maintainer is Aurélien Gâteau. The word "Gwen" means "white" in the Breton language and is commonly used as a first name.
History
[edit ]Aurélien Gâteau started Gwenview using GTK but switched to Qt early in development.[2] Gwenview was first available for K Desktop Environment 3. Later it was released as part of the KDE Software Compilation 4 with a simplified user interface, making it more suitable for quickly browsing through collection of images.[3] It also provided a full-screen interface that can be used to display images as a slide-show. In 2014, Gwenview was ported to KDE Frameworks 5 and released as part of KDE Applications.[4] As part of the KDE Gear, it was ported to Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 in Gear 24.02[5]
Features
[edit ]Major features include:[6]
- Directory browser
- Raster image (including but not limited to BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, MNG, TIFF, and PSD), SVG, RAW (limited), and video support
- Easy to use interface[7]
- Metadata comment editor
- Thumbnail image view of current directory
- Import images from external storage
- Use of KIPI (KDE Image Plugins Interface) plugins for manipulating images
- Filtering based on file type, file name pattern, and date.
- Share images to social networking sites[8]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ↑ https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/tags/v25.12.0.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Aurélien Gâteau (2021年10月03日). "The story behind Gwenview name". agateau.com. Archived from the original on 2024年04月22日. Retrieved 2024年12月15日.
Yes, you read this right! Gwenview started its life as a GTK+ application!
- ↑ "KDE 4.1 Release Announcement". KDE. 2008年07月29日.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 14.12.0". KDE. 2014年12月17日.
- ↑ "KDE MegaRelease 6". KDE Community. 2024年02月28日. Retrieved 2025年05月17日.
- ↑ Aurélien Gâteau (2012年12月04日), Changes in Gwenview for KDE SC 4.10, agateau.com
- ↑ Chris von Eitzen (2012年01月25日), KDE SC 4.8 arrives with enhanced power management, The H, archived from the original on 6 December 2013
- ↑ von Eitzen, Chris (2011年01月27日), KDE SC 4.6 final released, The H, archived from the original on 8 December 2013
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