.gif file: how to open it on Windows
77 Windows apps register the .gif extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.
About the format
- Format
- GIF image
- Abbreviation
- GIF · Graphics Interchange Format
- MIME type
- image/gif
- PRONOM identifier
- fmt/3, fmt/4
Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).
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ImageGlassA lightweight, versatile image viewer
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IrfanViewFast and compact image viewer and converter
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MPV (Official CI build, MSVC)A free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
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JPEGViewFork of JPEGView by David Kleiner - fast and highly configurable viewer/editor for images with a minimal GUI. Basic on-the-fly image processing is provided.
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PicView100% free and open source picture viewer
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qimgvImage viewer. Fast, easy to use. Optional video support.
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XnView MPProfessional Image Viewer & Photo Management
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ImagineImagine Freeware Image & Animation Viewer for Windows
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CrusheeCrushee is an image compression tool, powered by Electron and Node.js.
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HoneyviewA fast, powerful, and free image viewer.
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ImageGlass (MSI)A lightweight, versatile image viewer
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ExifCleanerDesktop app to clean metadata from images, videos, PDFs, and other files.
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nomacs - Image Lounge (Beta)nomacs is a free, open source image viewer, which supports multiple platforms. You can use it for viewing all common image formats including RAW and psd images.
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qViewAn image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.
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qView NightlyqView is an image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.
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JarkViewerA simple image viewer.
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Quick Picture ViewerLightweight, versatile desktop image viewer for Windows. The best replacement for the default Windows photo viewer.
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Jet Set Radio Custom Graffiti ManagerConverts an image into a Jet Set Radio graffiti bin file.
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Best Photo Viewer, Image Resizer & Batch Converter for Windows.
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FICture2Fast and lightweight image viewer with DirectX rendering
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- ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor 15
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- SmartCapture
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- GIF Movie Gear
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- Hetman Photo Recovery
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- QQ影像
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- Vovsoft Batch Image Converter
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- Vovsoft WebP Converter
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- GIF Viewer
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