https://github.com/ademking/betterviewer

a replacement for the image viewing mode built into Firefox and Chrome-based web browsers.
https://github.com/ademking/betterviewer

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a replacement for the image viewing mode built into Firefox and Chrome-based web browsers.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/ademking/betterviewer
Owner: Ademking
License: mit
Created: 2021-11-09T14:21:15.000Z (over 3 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2025-03-19T20:31:14.000Z (about 2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2025-04-06T06:06:16.232Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: browser-extension, chrome-extension, chrome-extensions, edge-extension, extension, firefox-extension, image, image-view, image-viewer
Language: TypeScript
Homepage:
Size: 18.3 MB
Stars: 301
Watchers: 8
Forks: 22
Open Issues: 16
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

BetterViewer

Fast, Simple, Easy image viewer.

BetterViewer makes image viewing faster, easier, and more fun.

BetterViewer was designed as a replacement for the image viewing mode built into Firefox & Chrome-based web browsers.

With BetterViewer you can use various keyboard shortcuts to quickly pan, zoom images, edit and a lot more!

Screenshots

### Features

ℹ️ _(Some features are not available in V2 yet due to Manifest V3 limitations, but I will add them back soon)_

- Zoom in / Zoom Out / Reset
- Fullscreen
- Rotate Left / Rotate Right
- Flip Horizontal / Flip Vertical
- Crop Image
- Photo Editor (Adjust, Draw, Watermark, Filters, Finetune, Resize, Export As PNG, JPEG, JPG, WEBP)
- Download Image
- Upload Image to imgBB or imgur
- Color picker
- Image Details
- Change background color (Dark / Light / Blurred)
- Print Image
- Extract Text from Image
- Edit in Photopea
- Reverse Image Search
- QR Code Scanner
- Settings to customize Toolbar

# Changelog

## [2.0.2] - 2025-03-19

- Add "Open image in new tab".
- Bug fixes.

## [2.0.1] - 2025-03-11

- New Annotation Tool – Draw and mark up images easily!
- Bug fixes and code cleanup.

- New version of BetterViewer is here!
- Completely rewritten from scratch (React, TypeScript, [Plasmo](https://www.plasmo.com/))
- Using Manifest V3 (I had to remove some features because of this change, but I will add them back soon)
- Better UI/UX

## [2.0.0] - 2025-03-09

## [1.0.5] - 2022-09-14

- Add "Zoom Ratio" option to Settings. (Thanks to @Metacor)

## [1.0.4] - 2022-04-19

- Add New Photo Editor [Filerobot Image Editor](https://scaleflex.github.io/filerobot-image-editor/) (Adjust, Draw, Watermark, Filters, Finetune, Resize, Export As PNG, JPEG, JPG, WEBP)
- Fix a bug where Chrome/Edge adds a duplicate image (Thanks to @patrykdziurkowski)
- Remove Photo Editor [Painterro](https://github.com/devforth/painterro)

## [1.0.3] - 2022-02-10

- Fix major bugs (Croppig issues, Going back issues, etc...)
- Add [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterviewer) Compatibilty
- Fix Cropping issues
- Zoom In / Zoom Out is now smoother
- Fix some UI issues
- Add new settings
- Add "Default theme" setting
- Add "Toolbar position" setting
- Add "Notification toolbar" setting
- Add "Show/Hide all tools at the start" setting

## [1.0.2] - 2021-11-28

- Fix minor bugs
- Add "Reverse Image Search"
- Add "QR Code Scanner"
- Add Settings window
- Fix Shortcuts (Combo keys / Ctrl + Key

## [1.0.1] - 2021-11-20

- Fix Crop problem
- Fix random shutdown
- Replace Imgur with ImgBB (Many users requested this)
- Add "Edit with Photopea"
- Add Contributors in About popup
- Edit in Photopea (Thanks to @bbbenji)

## [1.0.0] - 2021-11-10

- First version

## Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

_Benji
💻

_{Patryk Dziurkowski}
💻

_Metacor
💻