It comes with built-in hex inspection, batch renaming, image scanning and screen capture tools.

[9] In 2006 Sveriges Television (SVT) recommended XnView in their High Definition Multi Format Test Set.

Typical image editing tools are included, for instance color and size manipulation, several filters and effects.

XnView supports .8bf Photoshop plugins such as the Harry's Filters 3.0 included in the full version.

Classic XnView does not support Unicode, and SVG requires a commercial CAD plugin.

Version 2.30 released in 2015 supports the Netpbm PAM format, can read Better Portable Graphics, and offers an add-on for Imgur uploads.