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, File 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 FastPreview.

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

Pictus

Image Viewer
Free • Open Source

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

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Pictus alternatives page was last updated Jun 25, 2024

JPEGView
Lightweight Simple Image Viewer with Slide show feature, Resize and Lossless-cut, Color correction, Rename, Multi-language and more...
124 JPEGView alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Image Viewer
- Image Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Top JPEGView Features
1. Lightweight
2. Minimalistic
3. Image Preview
4. Portable
5. Borderless
6. Play as Movie
7. Works Offline
8. No registration required
9. Privacy focused
10. Ad-free
11. Batch Rename Files
12. Hardware Accelerated
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JPEGView VS Pictus
Is JPEGView a good alternative to Pictus?
- JPEGView is the most popular Windows alternative to Pictus.
- JPEGView is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pictus.
- JPEGView is Free and Open SourcePictus is also Free and Open Source
- JPEGView is Lightweight, Minimalistic and Privacy focusedPictus is not according to our users

SageThumbs
SageThumbs is a Windows Explorer context menu extension allowing Windows users to preview enormous amounts of image formats directly within Windows Explorer.
18 SageThumbs alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Image Viewer
- Image Converter
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
SageThumbs Features
1. Windows Explorer Extension
2. Lightweight
3. No registration required
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Ad-free
6. Works Offline
7. Thumbnail preview
8. Image Preview
9. Thumbnails
10. File preview
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Discontinued
The latest version 2.0.0.23 was released on May 9th, 2017.
SageThumbs VS Pictus
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SVG Explorer Extension
Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails, so that you can have an overview of your SVG files.
16 SVG Explorer Extension alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
SVG Explorer Extension Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Thumbnail preview
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XnShell
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...
28 XnShell alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Image Converter
- Image Optimizer
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
XnShell Features
1. Batch Editing
2. Lightweight
3. Batch Rename Files
4. No registration required
5. Portable
6. Ad-free
7. Windows Explorer Extension
8. Works Offline
9. Context Menu extension
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FastPreview
FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.
11 FastPreview alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
FastPreview Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Image Preview
Thumbnail preview
Shell integration
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SVG Shell Extensions
A collection of extensions tools for SVG files, integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer (Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11):
30 SVG Shell Extensions alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
SVG Shell Extensions Features
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Windows Explorer Extension
Thumbnail preview
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PicaView
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.
11 PicaView alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Image Converter
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
PicaView Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Image Preview
Fullscreen support
Batch conversion
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Discontinued
The product is no longer available on the official website, but you can still download it from OldVersion.com
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ThumbView
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...
13 ThumbView alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
ThumbView Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Thumbnails
Thumbnail preview
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Discontinued
No update has been released since version 1.0 was released on December 2nd, 2004.
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MysticThumbs
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.
12 MysticThumbs alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
MysticThumbs Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Thumbnails
Thumbnail preview
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MysticThumbs VS Pictus
Is MysticThumbs a good alternative to Pictus?
- MysticThumbs is the most popular commercial alternative to Pictus.
- MysticThumbs is Paid and ProprietaryPictus is Free and Open Source

Instant ThumbView
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...
13 Instant ThumbView alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- Image Viewer
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
Instant ThumbView Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Image Preview
Thumbnail preview
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Instant ThumbView VS Pictus
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FirmTools ShellExtension
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.
11 FirmTools ShellExtension alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Image Converter
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
FirmTools ShellExtension Features
Windows Explorer Extension
Thumbnail preview
Image Preview
Shell integration
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Discontinued
Last Release date: Sep 07, 2005. See http://free.firmtools.com/shellextension.php
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CoolTweak
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.
39 CoolTweak alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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CoolTweak Features
1. Batch Editing
2. Batch Rename Files
3. Share on Twitter
4. Image Sharing
5. Batch processing
6. Bulk uploader
7. Support for Batch Mode
8. Context Menu extension
9. Multiple languages
10. Watermark images
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CoolTweak VS Pictus
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