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🏞 A lightweight, versatile image viewer

ImageGlass - A lightweight, versatile image viewer

ImageGlass is a lightweight software designed for seamless viewing of images in a clean and intuitive interface. With support for over 80 common image formats including WEBP, GIF, SVG, PNG, JXL, HEIC,... ImageGlass also offers advanced features that cater to the needs of both regular users and designers, making it the excellent tool to enhance workflow efficiency.

📥 Download

ImageGlass on Microsoft Store!

• If you want to support the development of ImageGlass, you can purchase ImageGlass from Microsoft Store.
• Alternatively, you can use the one-time donation from ♥ GitHub Sponsor, then drop me a message in ImageGlass Discord or email, and I will send the code shortly.
• ImageGlass Store provides the convenience of fast, easy installation onto all of your Windows devices along with fully automatic, behind-the-scenes updates with all the newest features, improvements, and fixes.

🛣 ImageGlass roadmap

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dateFormat YYYY-MM
title ImageGlass Roadmap

section v8 Official
v8.x - Bugfix only             :crit, active, des1, 2023-08,2024-01
v8.x - Critical bugfix only    :crit, active, des1, 2024-01,2024-04
v8.x - End of support          :crit, milestone, m1, 2024-04, 1d

section v9 Beta & RC
v9.0 Beta 5              :done, des2, 2023-08,2023-11
v9.0 RC                  :active, des2, 2023-11,2024-01

section v9 Official
v9.0 Official release    :milestone, m1, 2024-01, 1d
v9 Official              :active, des2, 2024-01,2025-01

ImageGlass 9.0 is the biggest update ever, supports hardware acceleration and many more. I have been rewriting the entire app for months. There will be a few more beta releases before version 9.0 reaches a stable state. In the meanwhile, you will still receive the updates for version 8.x.

• ✅ Version 9.0 beta 1 was released.
• ✅ Version 9.0 beta 2 was released.
• ✅ Version 9.0 beta 3 was released.
• ✅ Version 9.0 beta 4 was released.
• ✅ Version 9.0 beta 5 was released. Try it and let me know your feedback.
• 🎯 Version 9.0 RC is under development.

🔴 ImageGlass 9 minimum requirements:

• .NET Desktop Runtime 6
• Webview2 runtime 64-bit
• Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) - 64-bit

👨‍💻 Development

• Windows 11
• Visual Studio 2022
• .NET Framework 4.8 for v8.x, .NET 6/7 for v9.0

The develop branch contains the latest commits of version 8.x while the prod branch is for the final stable release. For the source code of version 9.0 beta, you can check v9 branch.

🗝️ License

ImageGlass is free for both personal and commercial use, except the Store version. If you intend to use ImageGlass at your place of business or for commercial purposes, it's recommended but not enforced to register at https://imageglass.org/license.

📚 Docs

• Features
• Supported formats
• Shortcuts
• App configs
• Command lines
• EULA

For more information about ImageGlass, go to ImageGlass Docs.

🤼 Community and Support

• GitHub issues
• ImageGlass Discord
• Google forum

💖 This project needs your help!

ImageGlass is an open source, free, and ad-free photo viewer, but developing and maintaining it is not. By providing financial support, you can help me stay motivated and continue to deliver even better versions in the future.

You can sponsor my work through various platforms, such as GitHub (one-time or monthly donations with no service fee), Patreon (monthly donations), and PayPal.

If you choose GitHub Sponsor or Patreon, make sure you check out the tier benefits included.
Thanks for your support!

👑 Hall of fame (v8.x)

To honor those people who spent their time contributing to the development of ImageGlass v8:

• @BenHUET
• @2480258
• @siblount
• @SylwesterZarebski
• @Sxderp
• @fire-eggs
• @AutomationBoi
• @datasone
• @dixonte
• @cocoon
• @Norgerman
• @flyxyz123

Thank you!