DarkThumbs
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Adds thumbnail preview to Windows Explorer for EPUB, FB2 and Kindle ebooks; CBZ, CBR, RAR and ZIP archives.
Discontinued
GitHub page was archived by on Nov 6, 2025, and reads: "I no longer have the energy or motivation to work on this project. Forks are encouraged."
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
Windows Explorer Extension- Ad-free
Tags
- cbz
- cbr
- explorer-thumbnails
- fb2
- explorer-shell-extension
- EPUB
- mobi
DarkThumbs information
Developed by
fire-eggs Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Written in
Alternatives
1 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
News & Books, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 616 Stars
- 31 Forks
- 17 Open Issues
- Updated (Archived)
What is DarkThumbs?
DarkThumbs Thumbnail preview support for ebooks EPUB, FB2, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, and various archive formats CBZ, CBR , RAR, ZIP, in Windows File Explorer.
Minimum system requirements Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 (32/64-bit) with Visual C++ Redistributable
Comments and Reviews
After using Honeyview, CBXshell, and Icaros for many years as comic thumbnail generators for the Windows explorer, found that Darkthumbs it's the most lightweight and up to date solution on my Windows 11 systems. Isn't perfect but fits close until someone come with a better aproach or Microsoft revamps it's thumbnail behaviour (please infinite thumbnail sizes MS like in Mac).