Need a fast, free viewer that opens HEIC, AVIF, JXL and SVG files as easily as JPGs? ImageGlass is an open-source Windows viewer that handles more than 90 formats, plays animations, and adds quick crop, resize and rotate tools.
How does folder browsing work?
Open an image and move through pictures in its folder without building a separate media library. ImageGlass offers Turbo mode for browsing, plus hardware-aware caching to prepare images as you move between them. Window options include frameless, fitted-to-image, and full-screen views, so the picture can take up more or less of the desktop.
Zoom controls offer different modes and interpolation choices, while touch gestures support zooming and panning. A slideshow can advance images at random intervals, with an optional sound notification.
Formats, animation, and image details
The viewer handles more than 90 formats, including common picture types as well as WEBP, HEIC, AVIF, JXL, SVG, and SVGZ. Animated GIF, WEBP, and SVG files can play in the viewer. Native rendering for SVG and SVGZ lets vector artwork display without first converting it to a raster image.
The companion ExifGlass tool shows EXIF metadata. Colors are displayed with color management, and HDR images get basic support.
Viewing tools and adjustments
ImageGlass includes a compact set of actions for quick image work: rotate, flip, crop, resize, and lossless compression. A color picker can identify colors in an image, and frame navigation supports moving through multi-frame files. Themes, layouts, and customizable hotkeys let you adjust the viewing setup; toolbar and mouse actions can also be bound to custom commands.
Developers can add plugins and external tools with ImageGlass.SDK. Pictures follow the same order as the folder in File Explorer, so browsing matches what you see there.
Pros
- Opens more than 90 image formats, including AVIF, HEIC, JXL, and SVG
- Turbo mode and hardware-aware caching support image browsing
- Animated GIF, WebP, and SVG playback
- Includes crop, resize, rotate, and lossless compression tools
Cons
- No photo library, tagging or catalog features
- Editing is limited to crop, resize, rotate and flip
System requirements: Windows 10, Windows 11 · ARM64 and x64 · Optional WebView2 Runtime for version 9
Can ImageGlass play animated images?
Yes. Animated GIF, WebP and SVG files play in the viewer, and you can step through frames one at a time.
Is ImageGlass free?
Yes. It is open source and free; it is also offered in the Microsoft Store.
Does it run on ARM laptops?
Yes. There are native x64 and ARM64 builds for Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11.