Flatsonar

ImageFan Reloaded

by Mihnea Rădulescu

Feature-rich, tab-based image viewer, supporting multi-core processing

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v1.2026.08.30
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About

ImageFan Reloaded is a fast and easy-to-use image viewer with broad format support for everyday photo browsing and management.

Features:

  • quick concurrent thumbnail generation, scaling to the number of processor cores present
  • support for multiple folder tabs, including tab adding, cloning and closing
  • keyboard and mouse user interaction
  • dark and light modes, based on system settings
  • 46 supported image formats: avif, bmp, cr2, cur, dds, dng, exr, fts, gif, hdr, heic, heif, ico, jfif, jp2, jpe/jpeg/jpg, jps, jxl, mng, nef, nrw, orf, pam, pbm, pcd, pcx, pef, pes, pfm, pgm, picon, pict, png, ppm, psd, qoi, raf, rw2, sgi, svg, tga, tif/tiff, wbmp, webp, xbm, xpm
  • browsing and image viewing within zip files
  • animation support for the image formats: avif, gif, jxl, mng, webp
  • fast and seamless full-screen and windowed navigation across images
  • full-screen image upsizing options
  • image editing capabilities, with undo support: rotate, flip, effects, save in various formats, crop and downsize
  • folder and image file ordering by name, last modification time and random shuffle, ascending and descending
  • configurable thumbnail size, between 100 and 1200 pixels
  • thumbnail caching capability for fast folder browsing
  • slideshow navigation across images
  • image info containing file, image, color, EXIF, IPTC and XMP profiles
  • automatic image orientation according to the EXIF orientation tag
  • toggle-able recursive folder browsing
  • targeted zooming in, and moving over the zoomed image

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • read-only access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home:ro
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to /media
    --filesystem=/media:ro
  • access to /mnt
    --filesystem=/mnt:ro
  • access to /run/media
    --filesystem=/run/media:ro

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
    source:prebuilt
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.