Image Viewers for Windows

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  1. IrfanView icon
     986 likes

    Fast and powerful image viewer, editor, and converter for beginners and pros. Supports various formats, batch processing, and many extensions.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Paint plugin
    +33
    Add text to image
    153 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good37 reviews
  2. XnView MP icon
     392 likes

    Comprehensive photo management software for viewing, batch converting, editing and resizing images and creating thumbnail sheets.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    144 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good30 reviews
  3. nomacs icon
     241 likes

    nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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    96 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent28 reviews
  4. XnView Classic icon
     440 likes

    XnView Classic is an efficient image viewer, browser and converter for Windows with built-in support for over 500 image formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    Viewer Window (windows version)
    Browser Window (windows version)
    150 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good11 reviews
  5. PhotoPrism icon
     116 likes

    PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    Whether you're using a phone, tablet, or desktop computer, our intuitive PWA provides a native app-like experience.
    Five high-resolution World Maps and our privacy-preserving geocoding service help bring back memories of your favorite trips and let you explore the world.
    Metadata can be extracted and merged from Exif, XMP, and proprietary sources such as Google Photos.
    +6
    Our intuitive PWA provides a native app-like experience and can be easily installed on your home screen.
    122 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent10 reviews
  6. Eagle  icon
     99 likes

    Cross-platform tool for collecting, searching, and organizing images, videos, audio, and fonts with advanced tags, smart folders, and color filters for creative asset management.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    68 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good8 reviews
  7. qView icon
     80 likes

    Efficient image viewer with cross-platform support, offering a minimal, fast interface suitable for Windows, macOS, and Linux users.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    110 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good21 reviews
  8. QuickLook icon
     81 likes

    The Quick Look feature from Mac OS X, which allows users to preview file contents quickly by pressing the Space key, is missed. Windows doesn't have this feature. While alternatives like WinQuickLook and Seer exist, the decision was made to create a new version because the...

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Preview of a shapefile (.shp) using the shapefile viewer plugin https://github.com/birderyu/QuickLook.Plugin.ShapefileViewer
    Preview of a PDF file
    Preview of a .docx file using the office plugin at https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook.Plugin.OfficeViewer
    +16
    Preview of an excel .xlsx file using the office plugin at https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook.Plugin.OfficeViewer
    20 alternatives
    5.0
    Excellent11 reviews
  9. PicView icon
     48 likes

    PicView is a fast, free and fully customizable picture viewer for macOS and Windows 10/11. It supports virtually all image file types, including (animated) WEBP, (animated) GIF, SVG, AVIF, HEIC, PSD and many others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    Minimalist dark theme
    An overview of the UI
    Change between dark or light theme and hide the UI
    +4
    View an image information window which will update as you browse through images. Set EXIF rating, optimize image and rename/move files.
    63 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good12 reviews
  10. JPEGView icon
     145 likes

    Lightweight Simple Image Viewer with Slide show feature, Resize and Lossless-cut, Color correction, Rename, Multi-language and more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Very simple. Only a title bar other than the picture.
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    138 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good17 reviews
  11. qimgv icon
     41 likes

    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Ability to quickly copy / move images to different folders. Can open some extra formats (JPEG-XL, AVIF, APNG, HEIF/HEIC, RAW) via third-party image plugins.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    113 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent13 reviews
  12. PureRef icon
     53 likes

    PureRef was created to be a simple and lightweight tool for artists to organize and view their reference images. Image can be scaled and collage can also be made.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    15 alternatives
  13. Hydrus icon
     52 likes

    A personal booru-style media tagger that can import files and tags from your hard drive and popular websites. Content can be shared with other users via user-run servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    19 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent7 reviews
  14. SageThumbs icon
     61 likes

    SageThumbs is a Windows Explorer context menu extension allowing Windows users to preview enormous amounts of image formats directly within Windows Explorer.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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    18 alternatives
  15. BeeRef icon
     23 likes

    BeeRef lets you quickly arrange your reference images and view them while you create. Its minimal interface is designed not to get in the way of your creative process.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    9 alternatives
  16. Allusion icon
     21 likes

    Designed to complement PureRef, Allusion is a Visual Library for reference images, with watched folders, image tagging, and advanced search features. Allusion helps you organise your images and keep them under your control.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  17. You can use the Photos app to view or edit photos and videos in your Pictures library and on OneDrive, and to import photos and videos. The Photos app includes a wide range of editing options to enhance your photos, from automatic fixes to advanced adjustments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
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    120 alternatives
    2.9
    Poor7 reviews
  18. Image Max URL icon
     7 likes

    A browser extension and userscript that finds larger or original versions of images for thousands of supported websites

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Greasy Fork
    • Opera
    • Firefox
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    9 alternatives
  19. NeeView icon
     24 likes

    NeeView is a Free and Open Source, modern and powerful image viewer and a manga/comic reader that has high quality scaling options and many different customization options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Program Window
    Settings Window
    Hotkey Customization (Gestures-Mouse-Touch)
    55 alternatives