# jurplel/qView

Practical and minimal image viewer

Repository: https://github.com/jurplel/qView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/qview
Homepage: https://interversehq.com/qview/
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: qt, qt5, qt-widgets, image-viewer, photo-viewer, cross-platform, simple, lightweight
Last push: 2026-04-04T22:30:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3106, "days_push": 151, "days_rel": 403, "gap_med": 138, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3485, forks 191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:06.994453+00:00)

## What it is
qView is a minimal, fast, cross-platform desktop image viewer built with Qt5. It prioritizes space efficiency and instant image loading while supporting common formats like jpg, png, gif, webp, and tiff.

## Use cases
- view images quickly without a bloated interface
- browse photos with instant switching and preloading
- view animated GIFs with playback controls
- rotate and mirror images on the fly
- replace heavy default photo viewers on Windows, macOS, or Linux

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fast image viewer with no toolbars or clutter
- you need a native-feeling viewer across Windows, macOS, and Linux
- you view animated GIFs and want playback controls
- you value low memory and CPU usage

## When to avoid
- you need image editing tools like cropping, filters, or batch processing
- you need a photo library manager with albums and tagging
- you need RAW camera format support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, gui
- domain: image-processing, desktop-applications, cross-platform, media
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cpp
- tags: image-viewer, qt, minimalist, photo-viewer, lightweight, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- jurplel/qView (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:06.994453+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:36:24.148570+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jurplel/qView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:06.994453+00:00, sha 5225ed0cfcbc)
  - homepage: https://interversehq.com/qview/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:30:12.467731+00:00, sha 685f078bf21b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.