Electro – A hyper-fast Windows image viewer with a built-in terminal
This is my first major OSS release! I was always so frustrated by how slow image viewers were on Windows so I built one from the ground up with Rust & Tauri v2.0! Electro also has a very unique feature: a built-in terminal. I was always mesmerised by merging CLI tools with GUI based systems and this is my first go at it! I have big plans on expanding the terminal functionality with built-in image editing commands, command chaining, file handling etc.
Electro – A hyper-fast Windows image viewer with a built-in terminal launched on February 24, 2025 with 46 votes, #503 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Electro is a Windows image viewer built with Rust and Tauri that prioritizes speed and performance. It distinguishes itself with an integrated terminal feature that combines command-line tools with a graphical interface. The application is designed for users frustrated by slow existing viewers, and the developer plans future expansions including built-in image editing commands, command chaining, and enhanced file handling capabilities.
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From the sources
⚡Electro is a blazingly fast image viewer built with Rust, featuring an integrated terminal for enhanced productivity. - pTinosq/Electro
Electro is no longer maintained and has been archived as of 29/06/2025. I spent months experimenting with different languages - Go, C++, C#, Rust, TypeScript - chasing performance gains and refining things down to the millisecond. After three months of building in private, I realised I should probably find out whether anyone actually wanted what I was making. So I pushed myself to strip things back, build a super minimal version of Electro, and just release it. To my surprise, the response was immediate. Within days, hundreds of people across the world were using Electro, sharing kind words, mentioning issues, and contributing feedback. That support meant the world to me, and it gave me the…from github.com
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