Verdict: No
No. IrfanView is a Windows program and its maker offers no Linux version. XnView MP is the closest match, and it is made for Windows, Mac and Linux by the same developer across all three.
IrfanView's own site lists Windows XP through Windows 11 and nothing else. There is no Linux build and no browser version.
XnView MP is the swap most IrfanView users are happy with. It is the same kind of tool, a fast viewer and browser that also does batch conversion and renaming, and it reads a similarly long list of formats including camera RAW, PSD, HEIC and WEBP. It is free for private use and installs from your Linux system's app store.
If all you ever did was double-click a picture to look at it, you may not need to install anything. Every Linux desktop comes with a viewer already, such as Loupe on GNOME desktops like Ubuntu and Fedora, or Gwenview on KDE Plasma ones like Kubuntu.
Nothing happens to your pictures. IrfanView never changed how they were stored, so your folders of JPEGs move across on a USB drive or an external disk and open straight away.
The closest thing in spirit. Fast viewer and folder browser with batch convert and batch rename, made for Linux by its own developer. Free for home use.
Your files: Opens the same wide range of formats, including RAW, PSD, HEIC, WEBP and PDF.
Lighter and simpler. Flips through a folder quickly and does basic crops and rotations. Already installed on KDE Plasma systems.
Your files: Opens the usual photo formats. No batch conversion.
The plain image viewer used on GNOME desktops such as Ubuntu and Fedora. Nothing to learn.
Your files: Opens common image formats. No batch tools.
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need IrfanView. Everything else you do can move.
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