Releases: ABFirest0rm/heic-viewer-plus
Releases · ABFirest0rm/heic-viewer-plus
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HeicViewerPlus v1.0.0 — Initial Release
HeicViewerPlus v1.0.0 — Initial Release
A fast, modern desktop image viewer for Windows and Linux. Designed to fill the gap in native Windows support, it opens HEIC, AVIF, and WebP files instantly without requiring paid extensions or codecs.
✅ Non-destructive workflow: Crop / rotate / flip are view transforms until you explicitly Save As (original file is never modified).
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✨ Highlights
- Native Format Support: Opens HEIC / HEIF / AVIF / WEBP instantly (no Windows Store extensions needed).
- Asymmetric Predictive Caching: Multithreaded engine preloads images in your navigation direction for zero-latency browsing.
- Lightweight Undo/Redo: Efficiently tracks view states, allowing you to undo crops and rotations without reloading the image or wasting memory.
- Non-destructive edits: Crop / rotate / flip without modifying the original file.
- Format conversion: Save as JPEG / PNG / WEBP /HEIC / AVIF.
- EXIF in status bar: Dimensions, file size, date, camera make/model.
⬇️ Downloads
- Windows (portable):
HeicViewerPlus-Windows-x64.exe - Linux (portable):
HeicViewerPlus-Linux-x86_64
🏃 How to Run
🪟 Windows
- Run: Just double-click
HeicViewerPlus-Windows-x64.exe. No installation needed. - Set as Default: Right-click any image (e.g., a
.HEICfile) > Open with > Choose another app > Select the downloaded.exe.- Tip: Check "Always use this app" to make it your default viewer.
Note: If Windows SmartScreen appears (common for new apps), click "More info" → "Run anyway".
🐧 Linux
Open a terminal in the folder where you downloaded the file:
chmod +x HeicViewerPlus-Linux-x86_64
./HeicViewerPlus-Linux-x86_64