Image Viewers for Windows

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  1. IrfanView icon
     984 likes

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

    • Image Viewer
    • Free PersonalProprietary
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    IrfanView screenshot 1
    152 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good37 reviews
  2. XnView MP icon
     388 likes

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

    XnView MP screenshot 1
    142 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good29 reviews
  3. nomacs icon
     239 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.

    • Image Viewer
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
    nomacs screenshot 1
    96 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent28 reviews
  4. XnView Classic icon
     442 likes

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

    • Image Viewer
    • Free PersonalProprietary
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    Viewer Window (windows version)
    149 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good10 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.

    • Photo Manager
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • 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.
    121 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent10 reviews
  6. qView icon
     80 likes

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

    qView screenshot 1
    109 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good21 reviews
  7. Eagle  icon
     98 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.

    • Photo Manager
    • PaidProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Eagle  screenshot 1
    65 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good8 reviews
  8. QuickLook icon
     79 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...

    Preview of a shapefile (.shp) using the shapefile viewer plugin https://github.com/birderyu/QuickLook.Plugin.ShapefileViewer
    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.

    Minimalist dark theme
    61 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good12 reviews
  10. qimgv icon
     41 likes

    Qt5 image viewer with optional video support. Contribute to easymodo/qimgv development by creating an account on GitHub.

    qimgv screenshot 1
    112 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent13 reviews
  11. JPEGView icon
     145 likes

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

    Very simple. Only a title bar other than the picture.
    136 alternatives
    4.4
    Very Good17 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.

    PureRef screenshot 1
    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.

    • Imageboard
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Hydrus screenshot 1
    18 alternatives
  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.

    • Discontinued
    • Image Viewer
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    SageThumbs screenshot 1
    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.

    BeeRef screenshot 1
    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.

    Allusion screenshot 1
    5 alternatives
  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.

    Microsoft Photos screenshot 1
    118 alternatives
    2.9
    Poor7 reviews
  18. 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.

    Main Program Window
    55 alternatives
  19. PhoXoSee icon
     4 likes

    PhoXoSee is a blazing fast and lightweight image viewer, Highly optimized at only 3.8MB in size, it brings you ultra-fast loading speeds and minimal memory usage. It features powerful real-time image processing that enhances your viewing experience.

    PhoXoSee screenshot 1
    34 alternatives
  20. Fly Photos icon
     3 likes

    Fly Photos is a blazing-fast, ultra-lightweight photo viewer for Windows that revives the beloved user experience of the discontinued Google Picasa Photo Viewer . Designed as an ideal replacement, it offers immediate loading of large images — including raw files over 100?

    Fly Photos screenshot from the official GitHub repo as of 9th October 2025
    54 alternatives