SLIM (simple lightweight image manager)

A minimal and fast image viewer for X11 using Imlib2. Written to the tune of C Style and Coding Standards for SunOS.

SLIM displays images in X11 windows with minimal overhead and works in most Linux/BSD distros. Supports JPEG, PNG, SVG, and any other format handled by Imlib2. Zooming and panning are quick, backbuffered to avoid stutter, and flicker-free.

• Minimal X11 image viewer
• Zoom in/out with mouse wheel or +/- keys
• Pan images by left-mouse dragging
• Reset view with R key
• Image resizing when window is smaller

sudo dnf install libX11-devel imlib2-devel
gcc -O2 -o slim slim.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs imlib2 x11)
sudo mv slim /usr/local/bin/

sudo apt install libx11-dev libimlib2-dev
gcc -O2 -o slim slim.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs imlib2 x11)
sudo mv slim /usr/local/bin/

You can also run the ./install_debian.sh if you cloned this repository if you want a seamless install.

You must be root to compile SLIM on NetBSD, for whatever reason...

su -
pkgin install modular-xorg imlib2 pkg-config
gcc -O2 -o slim slim.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs imlib2 x11)
mv slim /usr/pkg/bin/

For other distros, find out how to get libX11 and libimlib2 installed, then just compile slim.c into an executable and run it.

To run SLIM:

slim <image-path>