extremely lightweight media viewer

no accounts. no cloud.
just a media viewer.

viewtrious displaying an image with the filmstrip and media adjustments visible

one viewer. three media families.

images, animation, video and lightweight 3D viewing share one compact Windows application.

images & GIFs

common image formats, DNG and animated GIFs with high-quality scaling, rotation, adjustments and fast same-folder navigation.

video

high quality video playback with frame stepping, saved frames, adjustments and the same folder-aware navigation.

STL & 3MF

3D viewing with perspective and orthographic modes, 3D printer build plate, part selection and 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse support.

built to get out of your way.

viewtrious keeps the viewer focused on opening, inspecting and moving through local media instead of building a library around it.

fast by design

native Win32 rendering and Windows system components keep startup and everyday navigation lightweight.

crisp scaling

high-quality scaling uses viewport-bounded Lanczos refinement where it actually helps.

filmstrip navigation

move quickly through same-folder media with a filmstrip that follows the selected file.

media adjustments

exposure, brightness, contrast, shadows, highlights, saturation, sharpness, auto adjustments and presets.

Windows integration

Open With / Default Apps integration, media-family icons, Start Menu installation and STL Explorer thumbnails.

local by design

no viewtrious account, no cloud media library and no background media-upload service.

small because Windows already does a lot.

viewtrious uses native Windows graphics, imaging, media, shell and persistence components wherever practical instead of shipping a heavyweight application framework or bundled codec stack.

C++20 Win32 WIC Direct2D Direct3D 11 Media Foundation Windows.UI.Composition WinSQLite
two ways to get viewtrious

install it. or build it yourself.

choose the ready-to-use Microsoft Store version, or download the source from github and build your own copy at no cost.

Microsoft Store

ready to use

install the packaged Windows 11 app and let the Microsoft Store handle installation, licensing and updates.

Windows 11 ready to install Store-managed updates
source

build it yourself

prefer to compile it yourself? the source is available on github, and you can build your own copy of viewtrious at no cost.

source available under the Apache License 2.0 with the Commons Clause License Condition v1.0.

source available native C++ / Win32 build it yourself