IrfanView Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to IrfanView for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is XnView MP. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try XnView MP or nomacs. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to IrfanView and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to IrfanView are ImageGlass, XnView Classic, JPEGView and qView.

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  1. Cornice icon
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    Cornice is a cross-platform image viewer written in Python + wxPython + PIL. It has been inspired by the famous Windows-only ACDSee Photo Studio .

    Features

    Fully cross-platform: it should run wherever wxPython does; Detail and thumbnail view for.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • PortableApps.com
    • wxPython
     
  2. Redact & Annotate images. Hide or mark up essential parts of your image by simply clicking and dragging on it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Image viewer aimed towards developers and artists, with tabs for tearing and tiling, channels viewing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Basic Photo Viewer is a free image viewing app for Windows 10 with an optional Pro upgrade, offering a minimalist fullscreen photo viewing experience, with customization and export features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Light-weight image viewer with crop,resize,collage, photogrid and filters.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. First Impression is a free and minimal image viewer with a focus on maximizing the space used for viewing your images by doing away with command bars and buttons. First Impression is controlled entirely by keyboard shortcuts and a small menu accessed by right clicking on the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. A lightweight image viewer that allows you to view frequently used image format files quickly, and provide a Stay-on-Top window setting so you can use it to pin a reference image at the top to work with other software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Phot-Awe icon
     1 like

    Your Photos Are Awesome. They Deserve An Awesome Viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. A free and simplistic tool to convert PNG files to ICO files. It supports various file sizes up to 256x256, drag and drop and batch conversion. It can be installed or used as a portable program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. JPEG to PDF icon
     8 likes

    JPEG to PDF is a free program that can convert image files to PDFs. The program provides page size options, as well as image positioning and scaling options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Vliv icon
     1 like

    Vliv is a Windows application that allows interactive viewing of gigantic TIFF images.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12.  1 like

    As of Windows Vista and Window 7, the Microsoft Windows Explorer no longer displays thumbnails image previews of EMF (Enhanced Metafile) and WMF (Windows Metafile) vector graphic images.

    This Windows Explorer plug-in restores this capability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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