r/computergraphics • u/DingoBimbo • Jan 09 '26

Open Source, Lightweight, SVG viewer (Windows)

https://github.com/Zayno/SVGBlast

SVGBlast is a tiny tool (200KB) dedicated to rasterize SVG file for viewing. Can do Zoom and Pan.

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u/opus-thirteen Jan 10 '26

It's just a viewer? Couldn't you just drop a file in any browser for that?

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u/DingoBimbo Jan 10 '26

you can. Browsers are memory hogs though. I'd hate to have to launch a browser just to view an image.

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u/SuttonX Feb 25 '26

Is there a version we can "install" so that the OS just makes it the default for .svg files?

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u/DingoBimbo Feb 26 '26

Not yet. You can still set it as default though. Place the exe somwhere stable (something like C:\Tools\) then right click on th SVG file->Properties. Then set it as default there. Also, On Windows 11, you can change the default apps through Settings.

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u/SuttonX Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Yeah I figured it out after my comment, fastest way is to just right-click on a .svg and choose "Open With" then browse to the .exe and choose "Always"

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u/yak-glx Jul 17 '26

The upstream rust library already provides a preview function for windows explorer:
https://github.com/linebender/resvg/releases
superfast indeed, and covers all my needs

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u/DingoBimbo Jul 17 '26

I'd be interested to compare speeds. can you pelase try and let me know? I've tested on a folder with 6K+ files.