Pineapple Pictures is a light, portable image viewer designed for people who want to open images fast without loading a full photo editor. It supports a wide range of formats, runs on almost anything, and keeps the interface as simple as possible. If you just need a reliable image viewer that opens instantly and stays out of your way, this one fits the bill for most people.

A Minimal Viewer That Actually Stays Minimal

Pineapple Pictures doesn’t pretend to be an editor, organizer, cloud sync tool, or whatever else modern software likes to bolt on. You drag and drop images in, it shows them, and that’s about the whole story.

I’ve used it when sorting through huge folders of random screenshots after a long day of testing software, and it handled everything smoothly. No toolbars blinking at me, no "importing library" nonsense and no eating all my system RAM just to view some cute puppy pics.

The Basics, Done Right

● Drag and drop to open images, no clutter, no wizards
● Right click for simple options like Copy, Stay on Top, Protect Mode, and Properties
● View detailed info like dimensions, aspect ratio, file size, dates, and more
● Flip through images in the same folder without reloading anything

Format Support That’s Surprisingly Broad

For a viewer this small, Pineapple Pictures supports a long list of formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG, PSD, KRA, XCF, TGA, WEBP, AVIF, and others you probably forgot existed. Its great for every day use, but also handy when someone sends you an obscure file from their favorite art program and you don’t feel like installing it.

Stay on Top and Protect Mode: Genuinely Useful Extras

The Stay-on-Top feature is great if you use reference images while working in something like Blender or Photoshop. Pin it, resize it, keep it in view. Protect Mode keeps you from accidentally closing the window, which happens more often than anyone wants to admit.

Portable, Open Source, and Easy on Resources

Because it’s portable, you can toss it on a USB stick or run it next to your photo archive without installing anything. And being Open Source, you’re not dealing with ads, telemetry, or surprise premium nonsense.

Geek Verdict

Pineapple Pictures is a clean, tiny viewer that does the job without trying to be a photo editor or a wannabe cloud app. We like the portability, the wide format support, and the Stay-on-Top feature. If you need tagging, editing, or management tools, this isn’t that. But if you just want to open an image instantly and move on with your life, it nails it.

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