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Install xnviewmp with Homebrew Cask
Photo viewer, image manager, image resiser and more. Version 1.12.2 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Photo viewer, image manager, image resiser and more
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Project history and usage
XnView MP is XnSoft's cross-platform image viewer, organizer, metadata tool, and batch processor. It is the modern successor to XnView Classic and is distributed for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Project history
XnView MP is the multi-platform, fully rewritten successor to the original Windows-only XnView. The author described an early alpha in 2010 and explained that MP means multiple platforms.
The rewrite retained the established viewer and browser model while adding a unified cross-platform interface, improved catalog handling, metadata tools, and batch operations. The official FAQ now recommends MP to new users over XnView Classic.
Adoption history
XnView MP broadened XnView's audience beyond Windows by providing a common application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The vendor distributes installers and portable archives directly and permits free private, educational, public-service, and nonprofit use while requiring a commercial license for company use.
Its broad format support, portable distribution, and integrated browser have made it useful to people maintaining mixed or older image collections that are not handled consistently by operating-system viewers.
How it is used
Users browse folders as thumbnail catalogs, open and compare images, edit metadata, tag files, and perform operations such as crop, resize, rename, and format conversion.
Settings and catalog data can be copied between computers. Portable distributions can instead keep settings beside the executable, so the effective configuration location is user-selectable.
Why package nerds care
XnView MP is interesting to package enthusiasts as a proprietary but widely portable desktop utility distributed in several native and archive formats. It combines format decoding, metadata handling, cataloging, conversion, and lightweight editing in one application.
It also illustrates a common packaging tradeoff: substantial cross-platform functionality and codec coverage without an open-source upstream repository.
Timeline
- 2010: The author publicly described XnView MP as an early-alpha, multi-platform rewrite.
- 2011: Community documentation detailed its relationship to XnView Classic and its cross-platform goals.
- Later releases: XnView MP became the vendor-recommended edition for new users on current desktop platforms.
Related projects
- Related official XnSoft products include XnView Classic, XnConvert, XnResize, XnRetro, and XnSketch.
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for xnviewmp. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.config/XnViewMP/xnview.ini- macOS
~/.xnviewmp/xnview.ini- Windows
%APPDATA%\XnViewMP\xnview.ini
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Installed executables
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freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.12.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:xnviewmp |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.12.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/xnviewmp |
| Homepage | https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ |
| Source archive | https://download.xnview.com/old_versions/XnView_MP/XnView_MP-1.12.2-mac.dmg |
| SHA-256 | c0d5626d5f3edf63c9b42e9e0f852d248960314c52d580ff4644dbe8c5ae0fa1 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | xnviewmp |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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