gthumb(1)

gthumb1

An image viewer and browser for gnome

Usage

gthumb [--help] [--version] [-f] [--fullscreen] [-s] [--slideshow] [--import-photos] [directory] [filename] ...

Overview

With gThumb you can browse your hard disk viewing thumbnails of image files. It also lets you view single files (including GIF animations), add comments to images, organize images in catalogs, print images, view slideshows, set your desktop background, and more.

Options

-f, --fullscreen

Start in fullscreen mode.

-s, --slideshow

Automatically start a slideshow.

--import-photos

Automatically import digital camera photos.

--help

Output help information and exit.

--version

Output version information and exit.

Usual other GNOME options apply as well.

Examples

To run this program the standard way type:

gthumb

To view the content of a directory type:

gthumb /path/to/directory

To view all images with jpg extension type:

gthumb *.jpg

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7–Arch

--fullscreen since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --help since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --import-photos since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --slideshow since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -f since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -s since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

--clutter-display until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --clutter-screen until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --display until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --help-all until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --help-clutter until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --help-gtk until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --help-sm-client until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -i until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -v until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Authors

Written by Paolo Bacchilega <[email protected]>.

This manual page was originally written by Remco van de Meent <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system, now is maintained by Paolo Bacchilega.

From gthumb 3.12.12-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.