gThumb

gThumb is a free and open source program for viewing and organizing images in Linux

Review

gThumb is a program for viewing, editing and organizing images.

It has good integration with the GNOME 3 desktop.

Image Browser:

• Viewing image files as thumbnails;
• Thumbnails are saved in the same database used by Nautilus, so you don’t waste disk space;
• Automatic updating of the contents of the folder with images;
• You can copy, move, and delete images and folders;
• Bookmark support for folders and directories.

Viewing images:

• View individual images, including GIF animations. Supported image formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA, ICO, XPM, JXL, AVIF, RAW and HDR (high dynamic range);
• Viewing EXIF data attached to JPEG images;
• Viewing in full-screen mode;
• Viewing images, rotated, mirrored.

Image Organizer:

• Sort images by: aspect ratio, date of capture, size, file modification date, file name, file path, file size, without sorting and the option “in reverse order”;
• Adding a comment to an image;
• Printing images and comments;
• Search for images on your hard drive and save the result as a catalog. The search criteria remain linked to the catalog, so you can update it whenever you want.

Image Editing:

• Saving in JPEG, PNG, TGA, TIFF and WebP formats;
• Automatic contrast adjustment;
• Changing brightness, contrast, saturation and gamma level;
• Focus Gain;
• Shades of grey;
• Changing colors;
• Special effects: desert, cherry, soil, arctic, fresh blue, mango, warmer, colder, vintage, ridge, vignette, blurred edges, negative;
• Choosing a color from an image;
• Removing the red-eye effect;
• Rotation: 90 degrees clockwise/counterclockwise, horizontal/vertical image display, rotation;
• Resizing and cropping.

Advanced Tools:

• Importing images from a digital camera;
• Slide Show;
• Setting an image as a desktop background;
• Create an index image;
• Renaming images sequentially;
• Image Conversion;
• It is possible to change the date and time of the image;
• Lossless JPEG conversion;
• Adding metadata and tags to images
• Search for duplicate images.

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Installation

Install Software via PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gthumb

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Install Sotware via Software Center (Appstream)

Install from Software Center

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Install Software via Deb package

Download deb package 20.04

Download deb package 22.04

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Install Software via RPM package

Download RPM package

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Install Software via Flatpak package

flatpak install flathub org.gnome.gThumb

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Install Software via Snap package

sudo snap install gthumb-unofficial

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Software Information