simp

The (s)imple (im)age (p)rogram is a cross-platform image viewer focused on simplicity and speed.

Goals

• Support of as many image formats as possible
• 60 Hz (Nothing should ever block for more than 16ms)
• Flicker free redrawing
• Basic image manipulation (Not reached)

Non Goals

• Powerful image manipulation (I am not making the next photoshop)

Supported Platforms

| OS | Support| | ------------- |:------:| | Windows | ✅ | | Linux | ✅ | | MacOS | 🆗 |

✅ = Tested and working 🆗 = Untested but should work with minimal changes

Supported Codecs

| Format | Support | | ------ | -------- | | PNG | ✅ | | JPEG | Baseline and progressive | | GIF | ✅ | | BMP | ✅ | | ICO | ✅ | | TIFF | Baseline(no fax support) + LZW + PackBits | | WebP | ✅ | | AVIF | Only 8-bit | | PNM | PBM, PGM, PPM, standard PAM | | DDS | DXT1, DXT3, DXT5 | | TGA | ✅ | | farbfeld | ✅ | | SVG | Rastarized at 96 dpi | | PSD | ✅ | Raw | Support from rawloader ¹ |

¹ Most common cameras are supported but the colors may look weird because the standard curve may not fit all images.

Installation

Cargo

shell cargo install simp

Manual

Just download the exe from the releases tab. No actual installation is required.