<s>
Geeqie	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
image	B-Application
viewer	I-Application
and	O
image	B-Application
organiser	I-Application
program	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
includes	O
Linux-based	O
systems	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
having	O
been	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
GQview	B-Language
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
to	O
have	O
ceased	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
toolkit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
development	O
was	O
moved	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
to	O
GitHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viewing	O
raster	B-Algorithm
and	O
vector	O
images	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
editing	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
lossless	O
90/180	O
-degree	O
rotation	O
and	O
flipping	O
is	O
supported	O
;	O
external	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
GIMP	B-Application
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
,	O
and	O
custom	O
scripts	O
using	O
ImageMagick	B-Language
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
allow	O
further	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
searching	O
is	O
available	O
using	O
criteria	O
such	O
as	O
filename	B-Device
,	O
file	O
size	O
,	O
age	O
,	O
image	O
dimensions	O
,	O
similarity	O
to	O
a	O
specified	O
image	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
keywords	O
or	O
comments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geeqie	B-Language
sessions	O
can	O
be	O
remotely	O
controlled	O
from	O
external	O
software	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
image-viewer	O
component	O
of	O
a	O
bigger	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geeqie	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
'	O
find	O
duplicates	O
 '	O
tool	O
which	O
can	O
compare	O
images	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
criteria	O
(	O
filename	B-Device
,	O
file	O
size	O
,	O
visual	O
similarity	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geeqie	B-Language
has	O
been	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
in	O
the	O
technical	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2012	O
review	O
in	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
said	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
highly	O
recommended	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
best	O
in	O
class	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2011	O
Linux	B-Application
Insider	O
review	O
awarded	O
it	O
5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2010	O
Linux	B-Application
Magazine	O
review	O
called	O
Geeqie	B-Language
an	O
"	O
indispensable	O
tool	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
lightning	O
fast	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2012	O
Libre	O
Graphics	O
World	O
review	O
noted	O
that	O
Geeqie	B-Language
seems	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
only	O
up-to-date	O
JPS	O
and	O
MPO	O
viewer	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
right	O
now	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GQview	B-Language
is	O
the	O
predecessor	O
to	O
Geeqie	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Efforts	O
to	O
contact	O
Ellis	O
since	O
then	O
proved	O
unsuccessful	O
,	O
so	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
interested	O
developers	O
forked	O
the	O
GQview	B-Language
code	O
,	O
adopted	O
the	O
name	O
Geeqie	B-Language
,	O
and	O
set	O
about	O
enhancing	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
gqview	B-Language
package	O
was	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
shortcut	O
to	O
Geeqie	B-Language
for	O
easier	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
