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NCViewer is a lightweight image viewer and editor for Windows, featuring fast thumbnail browsing, optional caching, face detection and person management, duplicate and similar image search, image tagging, AVIF/HEIC support, basic editing, and video playback.

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  • Proprietary

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  • Windows
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What is NCViewer?

NCViewer is a lightweight image viewer and editor for Windows, designed for fast browsing, simple editing, and compact size. Developed in C, it includes Save2Web, a component written in x64 assembly (FASM).

Key Features:

  • View, browse, select, crop, copy, and manage images.
  • Thumbnail browser with folder navigation, search, and date sorting.
  • Video thumbnails and playback via Windows Media Foundation or external FFplay, with graphical playback controls.
  • PNG optimization using Oxipng.
  • Custom keyboard shortcuts to open images in external applications.
  • A separate Debian package is available for use with Wine on Linux.

Supported Image Formats (Reading):

AVIF, BMP, DIB, GIF, HDR, HEIC, ICO, JPEG (JPG, JPE), PNG, TIFF (TIF), WebP, QOI, SVG, TGA, PSD, PIC, PPM, PGM, PNM, plus XCF (GIMP).

PDF viewing requires Windows 10/11 and the appropriate Windows feature.

Additional Formats (depending on installed Windows codecs):

DDS, HEIF, JPEG XR (JXR, WDP, HDP).

Image Formats (Saving):

AVIF, BMP, GIF, HEIC, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP. PNG files can also be optimized with Oxipng.

Optional Camera RAW Support:

With NCLibRaw_0.22.dll: 3FR, ARI, ARQ, ARW, CR2, CR3, CRW, DCR, DCS, DNG, ERF, IIQ, KDC, MEF, MOS, MRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RW2, RWL, SR2, SRF, SRW, X3F.

Video and Audio Playback (FFplay 4.4.1):

Common video containers include AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MTS, OGV, TS, VOB, WebM, and WMV. Supported codecs include AV1, H.264, H.265, MPEG-2, VP8, VP9, and more. Audio support includes AAC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, Opus, WAV, and WMA, among others.

Important: FFplay 4.4.1 is NOT included and must be downloaded separately. The ffplay.exe file must be accessible to NCViewer. Actual playback support depends on the FFplay build.

NCViewer is actively developed, with ongoing improvements and new features.