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Eye of GNOME

free image viewer software for the GNOME desktop environment until GNOME 45
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Summary

Eye of GNOME is an image viewer[1]. It draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (image viewer category, ranking #8 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: free software[3]
  • Maintained by: Felix Riemann[4], Claudio Saavedra[5]
  • Developer: The GNOME Project[6]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[7]
  • Programmed in: C[8]
  • Operating system: Unix-like operating system[9], macOS[10]
  • Software version identifier: 3.20[11], 3.19.92[12], 3.28.0[13], 3.28.1[14], 3.28.2[15], 3.31.2[16], 3.32.0[17], 3.32.2[18], 3.33.3[19], 3.34.0[20], 40.alpha[21], 3.38.2[22], 40.beta[23], 40.rc[24]
  • Part of: GNOME Core Applications[25]
  • Has use: image viewer[26]
  • Commons category: Eye of GNOME[27]
  • Official website: https://projects.gnome.org/eog/[28], https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EyeOfGnome[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eye of GNOME[30]
  • Commons gallery: Eye of GNOME[31]
  • Source code repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/eog.git[32], https://github.com/GNOME/eog[33]
  • Replaced by: GNOME Image Viewer[34]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: GTK[35]
  • User manual URL: https://help.gnome.org/users/eog/stable/[36]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[37]

Why It Matters

Eye of GNOME has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

free software macOS Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . git.gnome.org. Retrieved . git.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . mail.gnome.org. mail.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wiki.gnome.org. wiki.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . makeuseof.com. makeuseof.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bar', 'ca', 'commons', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it',
    Alpine linux package → eog
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: eog, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324905501|eog (#324905501)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'n'"
  2. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ubuntu package → eog, EyeofGNOME
    Developer → The GNOME Project
    Copyright license → GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
    Website → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ubuntu package: EyeofGNOME, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787476066184"
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