[5] A 2010 Linux Magazine review called Geeqie an "indispensable tool", "lightning fast".

[6] A 2012 Libre Graphics World review noted that Geeqie seems to be "the only up-to-date JPS and MPO viewer on Linux right now".

[7] A negative review in 2010 from Tom's Hardware said it "doesn't offer much more than system default apps".

[9] Efforts to contact Ellis since then proved unsuccessful, so a group of interested developers forked the GQview code, adopted the name Geeqie, and set about enhancing it.

[10] In some Linux distributions (such as Debian[11] and its derivatives), a gqview package was provided as a shortcut to Geeqie for easier upgrade.