Cactus Image Viewer is a lightweight Windows image viewer built with C and C++ for fast browsing and basic image editing. It supports formats including JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, TIFF, BMP, and DDS, with additional formats available through Windows codecs. Users can navigate image folders through thumbnails, keyboard shortcuts, and automatic file sorting. Smooth zooming, panning, rotation, and pixel-perfect viewing provide flexible image inspection. Analysis tools include RGB histograms, pixel color inspection, and EXIF metadata viewing. Editing features support drawing, cropping, color adjustments, and Gaussian blur. Animated GIF and WebP playback includes frame navigation controls. Its portable executable requires no installation and offers customizable themes, backgrounds, and fullscreen viewing.

Features

  • Portable Windows image viewing with broad format and installed codec compatibility
  • Fast folder navigation with thumbnail previews, smart sorting, and background loading
  • Smooth zooming, panning, rotation, pixel grids, and pixel-perfect image rendering
  • RGB histograms, pixel color inspection, channel isolation, and EXIF metadata viewing
  • Image drawing, cropping, color adjustments, Gaussian blur, and edited image exporting
  • Animated GIF and WebP playback with frame navigation and customizable interface themes

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License

BSD License

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Operating Systems

Windows

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Image Viewers

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