oculante
View and edit images across multiple operating systems with oculante, an image viewer and editor.
About oculante
Oculante is an open-source, hardware-accelerated image viewer and editor for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD. It supports a wide range of image formats, caches images for faster reloading, and offers image analysis plus basic nondestructive editing such as cropping, resizing, painting, rotating and blurring. The project states it is in maintenance mode accepting only bug fixes and minor improvements while a rewrite is in progress. The download is around 25MB, and macOS requires libheif.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Step through image sequences with configurable caching
- Inspect pixel values, position, and individual color channels
- Compare images while preserving zoom level and position
- Built-in file manager for accessing system files
- Basic nondestructive editing: crop, resize, paint, rotate, blur
- Display unassociated channels without transparency applied
Best for: People on Windows, macOS, Linux, or BSD who need a local open-source viewer with basic editing and image inspection.
oculante at a glance
- Website
- github.com/woelper/oculante
- Category
- Online Tools › Image Tools
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Details verified
- Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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oculante FAQ
How do I uninstall Oculante?
Delete the executable file and the data folder: Windows at ~/AppData/Local/.oculante, Mac at ~/Library/Application Support/oculante, and Linux and BSD at ~/.local/share/oculante.
How do I stay up to date?
Use the update button in settings, download the new release executable, or update through your package manager if you installed that way.
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