CLUSTER IMAGE-VIEWER-DESKTOP · 40 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2011-11-11
Image and photo viewer apps
This cluster comprises desktop, mobile, and web applications for viewing, browsing, and managing image and photo collections, with features such as slideshows, thumbnails, and format support. The dated history includes 20 entries from November 2011 to July 2026, spread across many months with mostly single entries and occasional clusters, indicating a sporadic release cadence without a clear trend. Traction is led by vision-scope-desktop with 4 stars, followed by Kova-Image and c-image-viewer with 1 star each.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 15 unlabelled
Operator · 8 hobby · 10 open source · 2 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01restore-windows-photo-viewer20★14 dayslivePortable utility that restores the classic Windows Photo Viewer as the default image app on Windows 10 and 11.
- 02pixlens4★11 days—hobbyDesktop image viewer for Windows that displays PSD/PSB files and video thumbnails and enables fast browsing of large local photo folders.
- 03vision-scope-desktop4★1 mo—hobbyDesktop file viewer that opens many formats—images, documents, spreadsheets, 3D models, CAD, point clouds, audio, video,and archives—via drag-and-drop.
- 04Kova-Image1★12 dayslivehand-codedhobbyNative Windows image and video viewer designed for fast, lightweight local viewing, with support for animations.
- 05Pineapple Pictures0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop image viewer that displays pictures and shows a navigation thumbnail when zoomed in.
- 06nist_view0★10 days—hobbyDesktop viewer for forensic biometric transaction files that displays records, fields, images, and fingerprint minutiae.
- 07imageglass-bin0★27 daysliveopen sourcePhoto viewer that displays images and supports common image formats.
- 08ojo0★9 daysliveopen sourceImage viewer for quickly reviewing photos as a preliminary stage in a photography workflow.
- 09gal0★12 days—hobbyDesktop photo gallery that displays JPEGs from a local folder in a grid with thumbnails and opens full-resolution lightbox views.
- 10photoqt-bin0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop image viewer that lets users browse and view photos through a lightweight, configurable interface.
- 11loupe0★15 dayslivehobbyDeep-zoom web viewer for very large artwork that loads tiled previews quickly and provides one-click download of the original file.
- 12photoqt0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop image viewer that lets users browse and view photos through a lightweight, configurable interface.
- 13c-image-viewer1★1 mo—hobbyDesktop image viewer with dual-pane synchronized navigation and an in-window file tree for browsing images.
- 14Piclune1★1 mo—hobbyNative image viewer that opens one photo and lets users browse the entire folder with zoom controls and thumbnail navigation.
- 15ImageFan Reloaded0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop image viewer supporting numerous formats with tabbed browsing, thumbnail caching, basic editing tools, and slideshow navigation for everyday photo management.
- 16tev0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop viewer for high dynamic range images offering accurate color profile handling and fast loading of large image sets.
- 17PicViewer0★1 mo—Local image viewer for Windows that organizes photos into galleries, supports multiple folders, and ensures privacy by keeping images on-device.
- 18PhotoQt0★2 moliveopen sourceFast and configurable image viewer that supports numerous formats, slideshows, and image management features.
- 19lightningview0★1 moliveopen sourceCross-platform image viewer and video player that supports common and raw camera formats for photographers.
- 20XnView MP0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceImage viewer and organizer that browses, converts, and manages photo collections across hundreds of supported file formats.
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