Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to yViewer
Open, organize, and explore almost any file
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN, I built an Android file viewer that opens PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, video, audio, Markdown and code, and asks for no permissions at all. I have always been uneasy about opening files people send me. On Android you either install a 400 MB office suite and sign in or use a small free viewer that wants storage access and ends up uploading your file to a server to render it. Also the hassle of having to download different apps for different file formats was really annoying. Gander holds no permissions, not even INTERNET so the OS itself guarantees the file cannot leave the…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Office Viewer ▲12Free View Office files without installing anything
2025 · officeviewer.org · its alternatives →
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GeoPreview▲70Preview GIS files directly in Finder (GeoJSON, SHP, GPKG)
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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BetterViewer▲124A browser extension for better image viewing experience
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BetterViewer▲19A browser extension for an improved image viewing experience
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hey all! I always wanted to arrange my text/markdown/pdf files on a 2D canvas and visualize them without opening all the windows. An extra feature I added is also visualizing folders within - so kind of a 3D visualization? It was also important to be an offline desktop app, rather than online tool like Miro or Mural, because once I edit files in Sublime or AdobePDF then I want changes to sync in the canvas right away. Some technical points and lessons learned: being Android developer helped a lot with this project since I used Kotlin Multiplatform with Compose Desktop renderer…
2024 · limandoc.com · its alternatives →
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Minimalist file browser for displaying several files at once
2021 · abhchand.me · its alternatives →
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FloatViewer▲60Ultra-minimalist, borderless macOS native image viewer
Jun 2026 · floatpic.app · its alternatives →
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Search, Aggregate, & Plot CSVs with millions of rows
2017 · csvexplorer.com · its alternatives →
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WMFViewer is the easiestway to view Windows Metafile images.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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High‑Fidelity Document Viewer for RAG Apps
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Textures viewer, editor and image board.
2023 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Pict-o-view▲10A fast, private photo viewer for your Mac — no importing
Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Open 20,000+ file formats instantly in your browser
Jul 2026 · viewer.online · its alternatives →
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Preview Office, PDF, CAD and more in the browser
Jul 2026 · file-viewer.app · its alternatives →
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A PDF viewer for Vue using Mozilla's PDF.js that supports both Vue2 and Vue3 - arkokoley/pdfvuer
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A simple, modern & fast database viewer that runs in docker
Jan 2026 · onezloop.com · its alternatives →
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SVG Viewer▲17Edit, optimize and convert your SVG files into code
2020 · svgviewer.dev · its alternatives →
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Comprehensive enterprise document product suite
2021 · vectorviewer.com · its alternatives →
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MdViewer▲1A clean Markdown viewer: tables, code, math, PDF & GitHub
Jun 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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