xv
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5recommend
0warn against
Jan 21, 2026first mention
Apr 12, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I fully support (and have paid more than most into) John's shareware”
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“For just looking at images I use xv all the time. Fast, and with some editing options”
paid for the shareware license, patched iton “John Bradley, author of xv, has passed away”
“i just built it on my machine. works!”
“He was still accepting shareware payment for it on his website, which I think is amazing”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- John Bradley, author of xv, has passed away 7 mentions
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) 1 mention
- 200 MB RAM FreeBSD Desktop 1 mention
Also written as XV, Xv. Data: xv.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“I fully support (and have paid more than most into) John's shareware”
“Here is a user manual of xv that contains prenty of screenshots”
“I used to use xv a lot.”
“Bradley wrote xv a long time ago”
“For just looking at images I use xv all the time. Fast, and with some editing options”
“It uses raw Xlib to implement a custom widget toolkit.”
“i just built it on my machine. works!”
“He was still accepting shareware payment for it on his website, which I think is amazing”
“Xv image viewer probably the only thing i used X for”