Coming soon The first public release is being prepared — please check back soon.
Windows Free for individuals · No import · Never rewrites your files

Browse thousands of images and videos.
Without touching a single file.

A Windows-native media browser and viewer built for reviewing big collections — including AI-generated images and video from ComfyUI. Play videos with a real player, and organize everything with ratings, labels and tags stored outside your files.

Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · No .NET runtime to install · Installer or portable

A Tumblr / Pinterest style Brick view

Videos play right in the viewport.

Features

Everything you need to review a big library

Fast native browsing with a docking UI, built for folders with thousands of files.

Three views

A detailed List, a thumbnail Grid, and the Tumblr / Pinterest style Brick view.

Broad format coverage

Images, video and audio — with fullscreen playback and frame-accurate seeking.

Thumbnail generation

Wide coverage using Magick.NET and FFmpeg, so even unusual formats get a preview.

Rate & organize

5-star ratings, 10 color labels and free-text tags — all stored in a local database, never in your files.

Generation info & EXIF

View and copy the prompt and parameters embedded in AI-generated files, plus file, EXIF and video details.

Docking layout & themes

Arrange panels freely and save your favorite layouts. English / Japanese UI with dark theme variations.

AZView — Grid view with preview and filters

Non-destructive by design

AZView never writes to your media files. Ratings, labels and tags live only in a local database, so the generation metadata embedded in your PNG, WebP, MP4 and WebM files stays exactly as it was.

AZView — List view with metadata panels
Supported formats

Opens what other browsers skip

Images decode through Magick.NET, video plays through LibVLC, and thumbnails fall back to FFmpeg — so the awkward formats still show up.

Images

JPGPNGGIFWebPPSDHEIC AVIFTGASVGTIFFRAW

Video

MP4 (H.264)MP4 (H.265)WebMMKV MOVAVIWMV

Frame-accurate seeking, several videos looping at once, and fullscreen playback.

Audio

MP3FLACWAVM4AOGG

Audio files play in the same viewer.

AZView — Grid view with ComfyUI generation info
Download

Free for individuals

A ready-to-run build — nothing to compile. The first public build is being prepared.

Installer Recommended

Installs in seconds with no admin rights, and updates itself automatically from then on.

Get it on GitHub

Portable (ZIP)

Prefer not to install? Unzip to any folder you can write to and run it. Auto-update works here too.

Releases

Requirements: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit). No separate .NET runtime needed. FFmpeg is recommended for video thumbnails of .webm / .mkv / .mov / .mp4 (H.265).

What's next

Planned

Actively in development. Everything shipping today stays free.

Prompt search across files / EXIF search
Duplicate image & video finder / similar-image search
Cloud storage access (Google Drive, etc.)
Synology NAS access
Auto-tagging & captioning with a local LLM (LM Studio, etc.)

License

AZView is free for personal use — including commercial work you do as an individual, such as freelancing or content creation.

Use for the business of a company or organization will require a paid Business license in the future; until then, organizational use is free as well. A paid Personal Pro tier with additional features is also planned — everything currently shipped stays free.

Closed source. Provided as-is, without warranty. Built on libVLC, Magick.NET, WPF-UI, AvalonDock and other open-source libraries, each under its own license.

Your files stay yours.
Come look at them properly.