feh (image viewer)

{{Short description|Image viewer for Linux and BSD operating systems}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = feh

| screenshot = feh_screenshot.png

| caption = Screenshot of feh displaying an image with an approximation of pi.

| developer = Tom Gilbert, Birte Kristina Friesel and others{{cite web

|url=http://git.finalrewind.org/feh/plain/ChangeLog

|title=Archived copy

|access-date=2016-09-04

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919094646/http://git.finalrewind.org/feh/plain/ChangeLog

|archive-date=2016-09-19

}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}

| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD

| language = English

| genre = Image viewer

| license = MIT-feh{{cite web|url=https://git.finalrewind.org/feh/plain/COPYING|title=COPYING|website=finalrewind.org}}{{cite web|url=https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-feh.html|title=feh License|website=spdx.org}}

| website = {{official URL}}

}}

feh is a lightweight image viewer aimed mainly at users of command line interfaces.{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/cli-magic-feh-image-viewing |title=CLI Magic: Feh for image viewing | Linux.com | The source for Linux information |website=Linux.com |date=2006-07-31 |access-date=2016-11-07}}{{cite web|author=J.A. Watson |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/hands-on-with-the-i3-window-manager-installing-configuring-and-using/ |title=Hands on with the i3 Window Manager: Installing, configuring and using |website=ZDNet.com |date=2016-03-23 |access-date=2016-11-07}}

Unlike most graphical image viewers, feh does not have any graphical control elements (apart from an optional file name display) which enables it to also be used to display background images on systems running the X window system. feh offers six different operational modes which can be controlled via command-line flags; apart from the default slideshow there is thumbnail, index, montage, list, and multiwindow.{{Cite web |author=Ashwin |date=2019-09-16 |title=Feh is a light-weight command-line image viewer for Linux |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/16/feh-is-a-light-weight-command-line-image-viewer-for-linux/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=gHacks}}