Evince vs Geeqie

Evince is a free document viewer for Linux desktop users. It opens PDF, PostScript, DjVu, DVI, XPS, OXPS, and Comic Book Archive files, and can display supported documents as full-screen presentations. Interactive forms can be completed, including text fields and scrollable list boxes. For PDFs, Evince can add notes and text highlights; these annotations are limited to PDF files. SyncTeX synchronizes a TeX source file with its resulting PDF. Printing is documented for DVI, DjVu, PDF, PostScript, and TIFF. When opening a password-protected PDF, Evince prompts for its password. It is not a file editor. Some Linux distributions may need the relevant backend package to support every listed format. The project wiki recommends obtaining Evince through the user's Linux distribution and points to packages or source for other download options. The help site includes user documentation and directions for reporting application bugs.

Geeqie is a free image viewer and organiser for Linux, macOS and Windows. It displays images as thumbnails, in multiple windows or full screen, and users can point it at a folder rather than import images. File operations include copying, moving, renaming and deleting; searches can use file date, size or image similarity, and the duplicate finder can compare dimensions or checksums. Geeqie browses and edits Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata, and supports XMP keywords for searching. Documented formats include JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, RAW variants and SVG, as well as images in ZIP and TAR archives. It can show video previews and thumbnails, with clips run through a defined external program. Slideshows can be remotely controlled using command-line scripts or an infrared device. Configurable plugins can call external programs such as Gimp, and images can be opened in an external editor. The project directs users to a mailing list and GitHub bug reporting. Geeqie is the successor to GqView, which was renamed Geeqie in 2007. The listed plan costs nothing and is GPLv2 open software.