/quick-picture-viewer

Lightweight, versatile desktop image viewer for Windows, built on top of WinForms (C#). The best replacement for the default Windows photo viewer.

Primary LanguageC#GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Quick Picture Viewer

Quick Picture Viewer is a lightweight, versatile desktop image viewer for Windows, built on top of WinForms (C#).
The best replacement for the default Windows photo viewer.

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Install

Windows Version Codename Stable Release date Size Downloads Link
7, 8.1, 10 v2.1.1 Modernity Yes Sep 12, 2020 3.5 MB GitHub Releases (by Release) Download (.exe)
7, 8.1, 10 v2.1.0 Modernity Yes Aug 30, 2020 3.5 MB GitHub Releases (by Release) Download (.exe)

Features

  • Supported image formats: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .exif, .gif, .bmp, .dib, .rle, .tiff, .tif
  • Supported other file types: .ico, .webp, .svg, .dds, .tga
  • Basic image editing: rotate, flip, change file type
  • Built-in screenshoter
  • Open image with external app or show in file explorer
  • Picture in picture mode
  • Copy, paste to clipboard
  • Checkerboard background
  • Window can be always on top, borderless and fullscreen
  • Set image as desktop background
  • Print image or export to PDF
  • View image details
  • Slideshow
  • Dark mode

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Special thanks to

JosePineiro for WebPWrapper (.webp support)
darkfall for PngIconConverter (.ico support)
nickbabcock for Pfim (.dds/.tga support)
vvvv for SVG (.svg support)

Additional

How to uninstall built-in photos app in Windows 10:

Guide
Powershell (Admin):

Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage

Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails:

Guide