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I've been using IrfanView since at least 1997, if not earlier in 1996. I still use IrfanView to this day. It's my Swiss knife for a lot of simple photo editin

I've been using IrfanView since at least 1997, if not earlier in 1996. I still use IrfanView to this day. It's my Swiss knife for a lot of simple photo editing work (cropping, resizing, padding, text-adding, etc), batch-processing, and for browsing single photos through directories. It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives. To top it off, IrfanView works beautifully on my Linux via Wine, and also on my Mac M1/M2 machines (and as a tool quicker than even Mac's own Preview). It's a primary install for me, whichever any platform I'm working on; and a software that's truly a gift to the world.

dean2432 3y ago
For MacOS, I wonder if it's faster than XNView MP. This was the fastest image viewer I could find for Apple Silicon. Also are you running it through Wine on MacOS or how do you get it working?
- therealmarv 3y ago
  Ever tried Phoenix Slides (open source, long history)? It's definitely faster than Preview for me on large images: https://blyt.net/phxslides/ https://blyt.net/phxslides/
  - dean2432 3y ago
    Never heard of it. Just threw some very highres jpeg2000 images at it and wow, i am blown away. It runs circles around XnView MP (and preview) on these!! Thanks :)
zerkten 3y ago
How do you get it on macOS?
- millzlane 3y ago
  They're doing it via Wine.
- vrinsd 3y ago
  If it's for non-commercial use, you might find this a spritual equivalent, cross-platform: https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/
  - KronisLV 3y ago
    Can vouch that this is a nice piece of software, especially the batch convert options (everything from EXIF data, rescaling images and various other transformations, as well as either replacing the original files or various naming options) and supports a bunch of formats.
  - justin66 3y ago
    This comment is baffling. Just so you know, the IrfanView license requires commercial users to pay for a license, just like XnView does. Apparently that's... bad?
    - vrinsd 3y ago
      I didn't remember what the IrfanView license was/is but IrfanView is not cross-platform which is what I was responding to with an alternative.
    - dewey 3y ago
      How did the comment in any way make it sound bad?
      - justin66 3y ago
        "If it's for non-commercial use."
        dewey 3y ago
        That’s a neutral fact, not a negative spin.
        deleted 3y ago
nolok 3y ago
You want to open a picture, FAST, no matter the format or resolution ? You want to open a picture and then move from one picture to the next in the same folder with arrow keys or mouse scroll, again fast and without loading or menus fonctions or whatever ? You want to batch process a folder to convert all files to png with the larger side limited to 2000px, keep the location data but reset the orientation data, and remove the original file only if conversion succeeded ? You want to scan something, rotate it and lossy pixelize an area ? You want to resize, convert, re-encode a picture from one format to another with tonnes of option without resorting to command line because you're on windows and you would like to just do it in the same app you use for every photo thing ? You want to cut a part of a picture, or identify the pixel color on a picture, or dozens or other every day operations like that ? You want all of that to be absurdly fast, aka instant, without any complex menu or dozens of clicks to get where you need ? I've been using irfanview since the beginning too, and it's not for lack of trying other stuff, it's just so much better. It's for me one of those tools, like Everything or Ditto or SumatraPDF or 7zip or NAPS2 or ... That just get what they are and what they should provide, and do just that, and do it right.
- jhalstead 3y ago
  Do you have a link for Ditto? Searching for "Ditto app" and "Ditto software" returns several possible results for me (e.g. clipboard, music app, managing "copy", content sharing).
  - elrostelperien 3y ago
    The most famous is the clipboard one (https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/ https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/). I'd be surprised if they were referring to another "Ditto" software.
    - nolok 3y ago
      You are correct, this is the one I meant. It claims to handle windows clipboard "shortcomings" by remember previous entries and allowing you to access it easily (allowing for multi copy paste situation), and it does just that and do it well.
1vuio0pswjnm7 3y ago
"It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives." Another shining endorsement of "modern" software development (no, check that... software "engineering") Before I gave up Windows permanently, and that was over 20 years ago, I used this program. The more things "change" the more they stay the same.
- Xeoncross 3y ago
  Sounds like IrfanView just needs more PM's and VC's
- metadat 3y ago
  Is IRFan Windows-only? Looks like it, too bad, this would be amazing to have on Linux.
  - Ruthalas 3y ago
    If you didn't happen to see it, this is from knighthack's comment above: "To top it off, IrfanView works beautifully on my Linux via Wine, and also on my Mac M1/M2 machines (and as a tool quicker than even Mac's own Preview). It's a primary install for me, whichever any platform I'm working on; and a software that's truly a gift to the world."
  - therealmarv 3y ago
    I used Gwenview back in the days in Linux. I think it's still great.
- k12sosse 3y ago
  I remember we had to pull it from our educational institution because his about used to "jokingly" reference soliciting nudes. > (The dozen women should send me pictures of themselves in the nude ;-) (joke) ) https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143615/https://www.irfanview.com/main_about.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143615/https://www.irfan...
darreninthenet 3y ago
Is there a Mac version or do you run it on Mac under Wine/Crossover?
jsmith99 3y ago
> It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives. I use Faststone, what am I missing?

dean2432 3y ago

For MacOS, I wonder if it's faster than XNView MP. This was the fastest image viewer I could find for Apple Silicon. Also are you running it through Wine on MacOS or how do you get it working?

therealmarv 3y ago
Ever tried Phoenix Slides (open source, long history)? It's definitely faster than Preview for me on large images: https://blyt.net/phxslides/ https://blyt.net/phxslides/
- dean2432 3y ago
  Never heard of it. Just threw some very highres jpeg2000 images at it and wow, i am blown away. It runs circles around XnView MP (and preview) on these!! Thanks :)

zerkten 3y ago

How do you get it on macOS?

millzlane 3y ago
They're doing it via Wine.
vrinsd 3y ago
If it's for non-commercial use, you might find this a spritual equivalent, cross-platform: https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/
- KronisLV 3y ago
  Can vouch that this is a nice piece of software, especially the batch convert options (everything from EXIF data, rescaling images and various other transformations, as well as either replacing the original files or various naming options) and supports a bunch of formats.
- justin66 3y ago
  This comment is baffling. Just so you know, the IrfanView license requires commercial users to pay for a license, just like XnView does. Apparently that's... bad?
  - vrinsd 3y ago
    I didn't remember what the IrfanView license was/is but IrfanView is not cross-platform which is what I was responding to with an alternative.
  - dewey 3y ago
    How did the comment in any way make it sound bad?
    - justin66 3y ago
      "If it's for non-commercial use."
      - dewey 3y ago
        That’s a neutral fact, not a negative spin.
        deleted 3y ago

nolok 3y ago

You want to open a picture, FAST, no matter the format or resolution ? You want to open a picture and then move from one picture to the next in the same folder with arrow keys or mouse scroll, again fast and without loading or menus fonctions or whatever ? You want to batch process a folder to convert all files to png with the larger side limited to 2000px, keep the location data but reset the orientation data, and remove the original file only if conversion succeeded ? You want to scan something, rotate it and lossy pixelize an area ? You want to resize, convert, re-encode a picture from one format to another with tonnes of option without resorting to command line because you're on windows and you would like to just do it in the same app you use for every photo thing ? You want to cut a part of a picture, or identify the pixel color on a picture, or dozens or other every day operations like that ? You want all of that to be absurdly fast, aka instant, without any complex menu or dozens of clicks to get where you need ? I've been using irfanview since the beginning too, and it's not for lack of trying other stuff, it's just so much better. It's for me one of those tools, like Everything or Ditto or SumatraPDF or 7zip or NAPS2 or ... That just get what they are and what they should provide, and do just that, and do it right.

jhalstead 3y ago
Do you have a link for Ditto? Searching for "Ditto app" and "Ditto software" returns several possible results for me (e.g. clipboard, music app, managing "copy", content sharing).
- elrostelperien 3y ago
  The most famous is the clipboard one (https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/ https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/). I'd be surprised if they were referring to another "Ditto" software.
  - nolok 3y ago
    You are correct, this is the one I meant. It claims to handle windows clipboard "shortcomings" by remember previous entries and allowing you to access it easily (allowing for multi copy paste situation), and it does just that and do it well.

1vuio0pswjnm7 3y ago

"It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives." Another shining endorsement of "modern" software development (no, check that... software "engineering") Before I gave up Windows permanently, and that was over 20 years ago, I used this program. The more things "change" the more they stay the same.

Xeoncross 3y ago
Sounds like IrfanView just needs more PM's and VC's
metadat 3y ago
Is IRFan Windows-only? Looks like it, too bad, this would be amazing to have on Linux.
- Ruthalas 3y ago
  If you didn't happen to see it, this is from knighthack's comment above: "To top it off, IrfanView works beautifully on my Linux via Wine, and also on my Mac M1/M2 machines (and as a tool quicker than even Mac's own Preview). It's a primary install for me, whichever any platform I'm working on; and a software that's truly a gift to the world."
- therealmarv 3y ago
  I used Gwenview back in the days in Linux. I think it's still great.
k12sosse 3y ago
I remember we had to pull it from our educational institution because his about used to "jokingly" reference soliciting nudes. > (The dozen women should send me pictures of themselves in the nude ;-) (joke) ) https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143615/https://www.irfanview.com/main_about.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143615/https://www.irfan...

darreninthenet 3y ago

Is there a Mac version or do you run it on Mac under Wine/Crossover?

jsmith99 3y ago

> It's not just good, it's way faster than the bloated alternatives. I use Faststone, what am I missing?