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title: Install PreviewQt on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of PreviewQt for Linux - Simple and fast application
  for previewing all kinds of files.
url: https://snapcraft.io/previewqt
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# PreviewQt

[Lukas Spies (lukasspies)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/lukasspies "View all snaps from Lukas Spies (lukasspies)")

* [Lukas Spies (lukasspies)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/lukasspies "View all snaps from Lukas Spies (lukasspies)")
* [Photo and Video](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=photo-and-video)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 6.0

Install latest/stable of PreviewQt

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install previewqt
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* previewqt

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### License

* GPL-2.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 3 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 3 October 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [previewqt.org](https://previewqt.org "https://previewqt.org")

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### Contact

* [Lukas@previewqt.org](mailto:Lukas@previewqt.org "mailto:Lukas@previewqt.org")

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### Donations

* [previewqt.org](https://previewqt.org/donate "https://previewqt.org/donate")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/lspies/previewqt](https://gitlab.com/lspies/previewqt "https://gitlab.com/lspies/previewqt")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/lspies/previewqt/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/lspies/previewqt/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/lspies/previewqt/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/previewqt#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/previewqt#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/previewqt#tab-security)

#### Simple and fast application for previewing all kinds of files.

PreviewQt is a simple applications that allows you to **preview all kinds of files**, from **images** to **videos**, from **documents** to **archives**, and also **text files** of any kind. It is based on Qt/QML, published as open-source, and completely free.

Supported file formats include:

* More than **140 image formats** - A list of all possibly supported image formats can be found on the website for PhotoQt: <https://previewqt.org/formats>
* All of the common **video formats**
* **Photo spheres** and **360 degree panoramas** (that use equirectangular prohections)
* **Motion photos**, **Micro videos**, and **Apple live photos**
* **PDF documents** including page navigation
* **Archives** (zip, tar.gz, rar, 7-zip) with the ability to explore its content
* **Comic Books** (cbz, cbt, cbr, cb7) including page navigation
* **Text files** of all kinds including syntax highlighting and search

It is also possible to set up an external application for the categories of files. With a shortcut or button it is possible to pass a previewed file on to the provided external application for further processing.

If you like the overall concept of PreviewQt but would like to have more features, check out the fully featured image viewer PhotoQt: <https://photoqt.org>

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## Install PreviewQt on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/previewqt/ubuntu)