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Glance is a free, open-source viewer and editor for PDFs, images, camera RAW and 3D models, inspired by macOS Preview.

Intel or AMD (most PCs) ARM
Windows 10 and 11 Download .exe Download .exe

Also on the Microsoft Store, which keeps it updated, and in your browser with nothing to install.

New in 0.6.0

  • Ask AI about what you're looking at. Press Ask AI (toolbar or View menu) to open a sidebar and chat with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, Qwen, Kimi, Mistral or OpenCode about the open document, photo or model. Share This page or Select area to point at one part. It uses each company's own agent signed in with your account (free or paid), or an API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Z.ai, Kimi, DeepSeek, Mistral or any compatible address. Keys are kept in Windows Credential Manager. Each document keeps its past chats.
  • Or use the company's own website. The globe button in Ask AI shows chatgpt.com, claude.ai, Gemini and the others in the sidebar, signed in with your own account. Copy this page or Copy an area puts what you're looking at on the clipboard to paste into the chat.
  • AI apps start Glance only when they need it. Connecting Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and the rest no longer opens Glance when the AI app starts. Glance starts in the background on the first request, and again if you quit it mid-session, so the tools no longer disappear until the AI app restarts.
  • Older Office files open too: Word 97-2003 (.doc), Excel 97-2003 (.xls) and PowerPoint 97-2003 (.ppt), as read-only previews with Open with…, in the app and in the browser.
  • Markup on phones and touchscreens: tap markup to select it, then use the floating bar to edit, recolor, duplicate or delete it. Dragging with a finger moves markup instead of scrolling, and Redo sits next to Undo.
  • The iPhone Home Screen app works offline reliably. After its first launch online it tells you once everything is stored, and opens without a connection from then on.
Install help

Windows. Run the installer; it installs for your account only, without administrator rights. SmartScreen warns about an unknown publisher because releases aren't code-signed yet: click More info → Run anyway. To open PDFs or images with Glance, pick it in Settings → Apps → Default apps → Glance. Needs Windows 10 (1809+) or 11; the installer fetches WebView2 if it's missing.

Check a download. Its SHA-256 hash is in SHA256SUMS.txt: run Get-FileHash in PowerShell.

Which processor? Most PCs are Intel or AMD. ARM means Snapdragon laptops, Surface Pro X and similar; on Windows, Settings → System → About → System type says which.

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