SageThumbs AlternativesImage Viewers and other similar apps like SageThumbs

SageThumbs is described as 'Windows Explorer context menu extension allowing Windows users to preview enormous amounts of image formats directly within Windows Explorer' and is a popular Image Viewer in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SageThumbs for Windows, File Explorer, F-Droid and Android. The best SageThumbs alternative is Icaros, which is free. Other great apps like SageThumbs are XnShell, MysticThumbs, Pictus and Smart SVG Viewer.

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  1. Icaros icon

    Icaros

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    Icaros is a collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for essentially any video media filetype.

    6 Icaros alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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    Comments about Icaros as an Alternative to SageThumbs
    Laura Timmel
    Negative
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    Whereas SageThumbs provides thumbnails for IMAGE files, Icaros works with VIDEO files.

    BevansDesign
    Positive
    1

    Contrary to what others say, this DOES make thumbnails for image files. It seems to generate thumbnails for PSD files just fine for me.

    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Icaros previews video files while SageThumbs is an extension for previewing image files. Completely different file types

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Icaros is a legitimate SageThumbs alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Icaros is the most popular Windows alternative to SageThumbs.

    • Icaros is the most popular free alternative to SageThumbs.

    • Icaros is Free and ProprietarySageThumbs is Free and Open Source
  2. XnShell icon

    XnShell

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  4. MysticThumbs icon

    MysticThumbs

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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    Comments about MysticThumbs as an Alternative to SageThumbs
    hermes3por3
    Positive
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    I have found MysticThumbs a longstanding success at generating thumbnails for file formats not supported natively by Windows. What I value most is its smooth blend with explorer, the fact that does not block drives when I eject them, and its useful tray icon that indicates when it's working on new thumbnails. For its usefulness and reliability I am a happy customer!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think MysticThumbs is a great SageThumbs alternative.

    • MysticThumbs is the most popular commercial alternative to SageThumbs.

    • MysticThumbs is Paid and ProprietarySageThumbs is Free and Open Source
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    Pictus

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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    • Pictus is the most popular Open Source alternative to SageThumbs.

    • Pictus is Free and Open SourceSageThumbs is also Free and Open Source
  6. Smart SVG Viewer icon

    Smart SVG Viewer

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    “Smart SVG Viewer” is a free, fast and convenient SVG image viewer with Thumbnail Gallery and Transparency Grid. It is a must-have tool for UI/UX design, Web design, and Graphic design.

    33 Smart SVG Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Instant ThumbView

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  9. SVG Explorer Extension icon

    SVG Explorer Extension

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    Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails, so that you can have an overview of your SVG files.

    18 SVG Explorer Extension alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about SVG Explorer Extension as an Alternative to SageThumbs
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    no .psd, .ora, or .sai thumbnails

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think SVG Explorer Extension is a great SageThumbs alternative, some don't.

    • SVG Explorer Extension is Free and Open SourceSageThumbs is also Free and Open Source
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    FastPreview

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    FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  12. PicaView icon

    PicaView

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  13. ThumbView icon

    ThumbView

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  14. MenuViewer

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    This shell extensions will show you a thumbnail of an image file, as well as its dimensions, when you right click on a filename inside Explorer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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