Pictus Alternatives

Pictus is described as 'Fast, free image viewer that enables Windows to see thumbnails of supported formats, such as PSD. Give it a spin today!' and is a Image Viewer in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pictus for Windows, Windows Explorer, F-Droid, Android and PortableApps.com. The best Pictus alternative is JPEGView, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pictus are SageThumbs, SVG Explorer Extension, XnShell and PicaView.

Pictus alternatives are mainly Image Viewers but may also be Image Converters or Image Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Pictus.

Pictus

Free • Open Source
Image Viewer

Pictus is a fast, free image viewer that enables Windows to see thumbnails of supported formats, such as PSD. Give it a...

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JPEGView
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Free • Open Source
Image Viewer
Image Editor
Windows
PortableApps.com
120 JPEGView alternatives
JPEGView is a lean, fast and highly configurable viewer/editor for JPEG, BMP, PNG, WEBP, TGA, GIF, TIFF, HEIC, JXL, and AVIF images with a minimal GUI. Basic on-the-fly image processing is provided - allowing adjusting typical parameters as sharpness, color balance, rotation...
- - JPEGView is the most popular Windows alternative to Pictus.
- - JPEGView is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pictus.
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JPEGView Features
1. LightweightJPEGView consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableJPEGView can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Works OfflineJPEGView can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in JPEGView without registration.
5. Privacy focusedJPEGView is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
6. Ad-freeJPEGView doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
7. Batch Rename FilesJPEGView supports renaming of different types of files or data in large batches.
8. Hardware AcceleratedJPEGView can use the GPU and CPU to speed up rendering, conversion, and overall performance.
Minimalistic
Image Preview
Borderless
Play as Movie
Function Key Shortcuts
Built-in editor
Image Processing
Standalone
SageThumbs
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Free • Open Source
Image Viewer
Image Converter
Windows
Windows Explorer
14 SageThumbs alternatives
SageThumbs is a Windows Explorer context menu extension allowing Windows users to preview enormous amounts of image formats directly within Windows Explorer.
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SageThumbs Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionSageThumbs can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
2. LightweightSageThumbs consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in SageThumbs without registration.
4. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsSageThumbs can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
5. Ad-freeSageThumbs doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
6. Works OfflineSageThumbs can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Thumbnail preview
Image Preview
Thumbnails
File preview
Discontinued
The latest version 2.0.0.23 was released on May 9th, 2017.
SVG Explorer Extension
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Free • Open Source
Windows
12 SVG Explorer Extension alternatives
Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails, so that you can have an overview of your SVG files.
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SVG Explorer Extension Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionSVG Explorer Extension can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsSVG Explorer Extension can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Thumbnail preview
XnShell
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Free • Proprietary
Image Converter
Image Optimizer
Windows
Windows Explorer
26 XnShell alternatives
XnShell is a free File Explorer extension that installs a number of image-related tools in the right-click context menu, including a thumbnail preview, image conversion to a wide variety of formats, image resizing, editing image IPTC...
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XnShell Features
1. Batch EditingXnShell allows you to select multiple items (tasks, files, images etc) and edit their properties all at once.
2. LightweightXnShell consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Batch Rename FilesXnShell supports renaming of different types of files or data in large batches.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in XnShell without registration.
5. PortableXnShell can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
6. Ad-freeXnShell doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
7. Windows Explorer ExtensionXnShell can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
8. Works OfflineXnShell can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Context Menu extension
PicaView
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Free • Proprietary
Image Converter
Windows
Windows Explorer
11 PicaView alternatives
PicaView is the simple, no-hassle image viewing solution. This is an add-on for viewing images in File Explorer that lets you right-click on an image file to bring up a miniature image and image file information.
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PicaView Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionPicaView can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Image Preview
Fullscreen support
Batch conversion
Discontinued
The product is no longer available on the official website, but you can still download it from OldVersion.com
ThumbView
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Windows Explorer
9 ThumbView alternatives
ThumbView enables image thumbnails and tooltips in Microsoft Windows XP Explorer (does not work on Windows 7) for filetypes that are not natively supported. It started with PCX, TGA, DDS and PNG images, but now ThumbView supports an amazing 19 image types - directly inside any...
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ThumbView Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionThumbView can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Thumbnails
Thumbnail preview
Discontinued
No update has been released since version 1.0 was released on December 2nd, 2004.
FastPreview
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Windows Explorer
11 FastPreview alternatives
FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.
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FastPreview Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionFastPreview can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Image Preview
Thumbnail preview
Shell integration
MysticThumbs
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
Windows Explorer
8 MysticThumbs alternatives
MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images.
- - MysticThumbs is the most popular commercial alternative to Pictus.
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MysticThumbs Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionMysticThumbs can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Thumbnails
Thumbnail preview
Instant ThumbView
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Viewer
Shell Extension
Windows
Windows Explorer
9 Instant ThumbView alternatives
Instant ThumbView is a tiny image viewer that displays image thumbnails in a tooltip window, when mouse pointer is hovered over an image file in Windows Explorer. It supports a lot of popular image file formats, including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF, EMF, TIFF and is very handy for...
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Instant ThumbView Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionInstant ThumbView can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Image Preview
Thumbnail preview
CoolTweak
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
39 CoolTweak alternatives
Resize, add watermarks and share your pictures with a single click.

CoolTweak is a nice tool that expands the use of right-click menus on the OS level with actions you are able to tweak to fit your needs.

With Cooltweak, you are able to right click files and folders to finish a.
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CoolTweak Features
1. Batch EditingCoolTweak allows you to select multiple items (tasks, files, images etc) and edit their properties all at once.
2. Batch Rename FilesCoolTweak supports renaming of different types of files or data in large batches.
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Image Sharing
Batch processing
Bulk uploader
Support for Batch Mode
Context Menu extension
Multiple languages
Watermark images
FirmTools ShellExtension
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Free • Proprietary
Image Converter
Windows
Windows Explorer
11 FirmTools ShellExtension alternatives
FirmTools ShellExtension is a real handy freebie for Windows users.

Install this tool and it will add three new options to your menu when you right click on a picture file: convert, print, and thumbnail preview.

Converting supports most of the formats you will ever need: JP.
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FirmTools ShellExtension Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionFirmTools ShellExtension can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Thumbnail preview
Image Preview
Shell integration
Discontinued
Last Release date: Sep 07, 2005. See http://free.firmtools.com/shellextension.php
Context Viewer
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Windows Explorer
10 Context Viewer alternatives
Context Viewer is an explorer extension in the form of a Control Panel applet that lets you preview image files and text in the right click menu. It can also display customized information about images and set hotkeys to enable or disable the preview along with a few more...
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Context Viewer Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionContext Viewer can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Image Preview
Context Menu extension
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available, but the last version, 1.41, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine