Here is a list of applications which provide the JPEG lossless rotation feature based on the IJG code:

1. Jpegcrop [Guido Vollbeding] (Windows) - Sample application
2. cPicture [Jürgen Eidt] (Windows) - Includes lossless cropping, Exif patch and automatic Exif orientation correction!
3. PIE [PicMeta Software] (Windows) - Picture Information Extractor, includes Exif patch
4. EXIF Image Viewer [Michal Kowalski] (Windows) - Digital camera photo viewer, includes Exif patch
5. IrfanView [Irfan Skiljan] (Windows) - Freeware graphic viewer, includes Exif patch (version 3.85 or later [PlugIn!])
6. DigiAlbum [Bernhard Baier] (Windows) - Digital photo album, includes Exif patch
7. Cam4you [Hans-David Alkenius] (Windows) - Canon digital camera utilities, includes Exif patch
8. BreezeBrowser [Breeze Systems Limited] (Windows) - Canon digital camera utility, includes Exif patch
9. IxPictures [Reimar Grasbon] (Windows) - Transfer photos from your Canon-DigiCam to your computer, includes Exif patch
10. GetCanon! [David Vidmar] (Windows) - Image downloader for Canon digital cameras, includes Exif patch
11. Exifer [Friedemann Schmidt] (Windows) - Free JPEG Exif management software, includes Exif patch
12. Rota [TsuruZoh Tachibanaya] (Windows) - Lossless rotation utility, includes Exif patch
13. Jasc After Shot [Jasc Software Inc.] (Windows) - Digital imaging application, includes Exif patch
14. PixVue [PixVue] (Windows) - Digital camera image management tool, includes Exif patch
15. Thumber [TawbaWare] (Windows) - Digital camera image management software, supports Exif patch
16. PhotoThumb [Jarle Aasland] (Windows) - Digital image manager, includes Exif patch
17. ABC-View Manager [ABC-View Software] (Windows) - Flexible file manager and fast image viewer, includes Exif patch and automatic Exif orientation correction!
18. PMView Pro [Peter Nielsen] (Windows, OS/2) - A Versatile and Fast Image Viewer and Converter, includes Exif patch and automatic Exif orientation correction!
19. cam2pc [nabocorp softwares] (Windows) - An Image Downloader and more, includes Exif patch
20. FixFoto [Joachim Koopmann] (Windows) - Image editing for digital photography, includes Exif patch
21. FotoView [Martin Pola] (Windows) - jpegtran Frontend for comfortable lossless cropping and rotation, supports Exif patch
22. JPEGCrops [Toke Eskildsen] (Windows) - jpegtran Frontend for comfortable lossless cropping and rotation, supports Exif patch
23. Dreher [Martin Schulze] (Windows) - jpegtran Frontend for comfortable lossless rotation, supports Exif patch
24. ljcrop [Marshall Perrin] (Unix) - jpegtran Frontend for comfortable lossless cropping, supports Exif patch
25. imgSeek [Ricardo Niederberger Cabral] (GNU/Linux, Windows) - Photo collection manager and viewer, supports Exif patch
26. PhotoLine 32 [Computerinsel] (Windows, Macintosh) - Image editing software, includes Exif patch
27. Photo Studio [John Hawkins] (Windows) - Multi-purpose image management tool, includes Exif patch
28. IMatch [photools.com] (Windows) - Digital image management application, includes Exif patch
29. exifiron [Marko Mäkelä] (Windows, Macintosh, C/POSIX) - Orientation correction and optimization of EXIF JPEG images, includes Exif patch
30. DW:Rotate [Photographer Solutions] (Windows) - Fast and easy lossless rotation of JPEG images, includes automatic Exif orientation correction!
31. JPegger [Vallen-Systeme GmbH] (Windows) - Digital image viewer, includes Exif patch
32. BetterJPEG [BetterJPEG Team] (Windows) - Lossless rotation, crop, and editing tool, includes Exif patch
33. FastStone Image Viewer [FastStone Soft] (Windows) - An image browser, converter and editor, includes Exif patch and automatic Exif orientation correction!
34. Lossless JPEG Toolbox [Michael Lee] (Windows) - Lossless JPEG Toolbox, supports Exif patch
35. JPEG Lossless Rotator [Anry] (Windows) - Comfortable lossless rotation utility, includes Exif patch and automatic Exif orientation correction!
36. Picasa [Google, Inc.] (Windows) - Photo organizer, includes Exif patch
37. imageN [Pawel Szczerbina] (Windows) - Digital imaging software
38. Cameraid [Juri Munkki] (Macintosh) - Digital photography utility package
39. jpeg explorer [Jurij Mirtov] (Windows) - Digital camera JPEG file explorer
40. GraphicConverter [Lemke Software] (Macintosh) - Shareware graphic converter
41. ACDSee [ACD Systems] (Windows, Macintosh) - Picture viewer and digital imaging software
42. Ulead Photo Explorer [Ulead Systems] (Windows) - Digital photography software
43. ThumbsPlus [Cerious Software] (Windows) - Graphic management software
44. PolyView [Polybytes Software] (Windows) - Image viewer, conversion, and printing utility
45. Qimage [Digital Domain Inc.] (Windows) - Image viewing and printing software
46. EyeBatch [Atalasoft] (Windows) - Batch image processing software
47. Diji Album [Xequte Software] (Windows) - Digital photo album software
48. CompuPic [Photodex Corporation] (Windows) - Digital content manager
49. Photo Viewer [PhotoParade] (Windows, Macintosh) - Digital photo viewing and managing
50. FotoAlbum [FotoTime] (Windows) - Organizing and sharing digital pictures
51. MyAlbum [Pierre Meindre] (Windows) - Image cataloger and slideshow
52. NikonView [NikonTechUSA] (Windows) - Nikon digital camera accessory software (dubious!)
53. Image Preview [Microsoft Corporation] (Windows ME, XP, GDI+) - Embedded image component
54. Photo Studio for Canon [Scott Murray] (Windows) - Scott Professional Photo Studio for Canon cameras
55. iView MediaPro [iView Multimedia Ltd.] (Macintosh) - Multimedia management software
56. OfotoNow [Ofoto Inc.] (Windows, Macintosh) - Online photo album uploader software
57. jpegtranGUI [Robert Williams] (Amiga) - jpegtran Graphical User Interface
58. Prince Digital [Erithacus Software] (Windows) - Digital image printing utility
59. PhotoTip [DurSoft Development] (Atari) - Digital photo graphics program
60. MediaChest [Dmitriy Rogatkin] (Java) - Media file organizer
61. FishEye [Willem van Schaik] (Windows) - Digital image viewer
62. Firegraphic XP [Firegraphic.com] (Windows) - Image management software
63. PhotoPhilia [Pholix Software] (Windows) - Image management software
64. MaPiVi [Martin Herrmann] (Linux, Unix/X11, Mac OS X, Windows, Perl/Tk) - Martin’s Picture Viewer and Organizer
65. Easy Thumbnails [Fookes Software] (Windows) - Freeware utility for creating thumbnail images
66. XnView [Pierre-e Gougelet] (Windows, Linux, Unix/X11) - Multimedia viewer, browser, and converter
67. CodedColor [1STEIN GmbH] (Windows) - Photo viewer, image editing and archiving software
68. ImageBuddy [KepMad Systems] (Macintosh) - Digital image printing software
69. Image Resizer [SEM] (Windows) - JPEG and EXIF viewing and editing software
70. GTK Photo Gallery [Jens Wilke] (Unix) - Manage photograph collections and order prints online
71. My Photo Gallery [fuzzymonkey.org] (CGI/Perl) - Online album
72. PhotoMan [Keith Sheppard] (Windows) - Digital photo organizing application
73. Gwenview [Aurelien Gateau] (Linux/KDE) - Fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE
74. gThumb [Paolo Bacchilega] (Linux/GNOME) - Image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop
75. StudioLine Photo [H&M Software] (Windows) - Digital image editing and archival software
76. pixafe [pixafe GbR] (Windows) - Relational database with lots of imaging functions
77. Eye of Gnome (eog) [The GNOME Project] (Linux/GNOME) - Standard picture viewer in the GNOME Desktop
78. RealWorld Photos [RealWorld Graphics] (Windows) - Image editor; retouch a .jpg image without losing quality

Check these programs out and let me know you feedback.

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