winget install --id=riyasy.FlyPhotos -e Fly Photos is one of the fastest photo viewers for Windows, designed as a modern replacement for the now-discontinued Google Picasa Photo Viewer. Built with WinUI 3, WinRT, and Win2D, it delivers smooth animations, instant startup, and an efficient viewing experience.
Fly Photos is one of the fastest photo viewers for Windows, designed as a modern replacement for the now-discontinued Google Picasa Photo Viewer.
Built with WinUI 3, WinRT, and Win2D, it delivers smooth animations, instant startup, and an efficient viewing experience.
Watch Fly Photos in action:
. After donating, please email ryftools@outlook.com, and I will send you a Store promo code| Microsoft Store | GitHub MSI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 🪙 Paid | 🆓 Free |
| Updates | ✅ Seamless auto-updates | ❌ User-managed |
| Security | ✅ Signed and certified by Microsoft | ❌ Not signed |
Both builds are the same app, with the same features.
Requires Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763) or newer, on x64 or ARM64.
Once installed, you can open photos in three ways:
Right-click an image, select "Open with", and choose Fly Photos from the list.
Launch Fly Photos directly from the Start menu, then use the file picker to browse to a folder or image.
To open images with Fly Photos automatically when you double-click them:
.jpg).> Tip: to change many types at once, go to Windows Settings → Apps → Default apps → FlyPhotos and set the file types there.
Fast and lightweight
← / → and glide through a large folder with no loading spinners.Image format support
Viewing experience
Controls
Localized
These are the defaults. Every command below except Esc and Del can be rebound in Settings → Keyboard, and any shortcut you change is stored per user, so future releases keep your bindings.
| Group | Command | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Navigation | Next / previous photo | → / ← |
| Fly-through mode | Hold → / ← | |
| First / last photo | Home / End | |
| Next / previous page (multi-page TIFF, multi-frame ICO) | Alt + → / ← | |
| Zoom and pan | Zoom in / out | ↑ / ↓, or Ctrl + + / − |
| Step zoom (fit → 100% → 400%) | Page Up / Page Down | |
| Actual size (1:1) | A | |
| Fit to window | F | |
| Pan | Ctrl + arrow keys | |
| Rotate | Rotate left / right | L / R |
| View | Full screen | F11 |
| Maximize or restore | Enter | |
| Photo info panel | I | |
| Close FlyPhotos | Esc | |
| File | Copy photo | Ctrl + C |
| Delete photo | Del | |
| Rename photo | F2 | |
| Print photo | P | |
| Share photo | S | |
| Open file location | W | |
| File properties | Alt + Enter | |
| File details | D | |
| More actions menu | M | |
| Open with | Open in external app 1–4 | Ctrl + 1–4 |
| Open-with panel | E |
Rows marked configurable can be changed in Settings → Mouse; the values shown are the defaults.
| Action | Default behaviour | |
|---|---|---|
| Wheel scroll | Zoom in / out | configurable (zoom or navigate) |
Ctrl + wheel | Always zooms | fixed |
Alt + wheel | Always navigates | fixed |
| Tilt wheel left / right | Navigate photos | fixed |
| Wheel click | Toggle full screen | configurable |
| Back / forward buttons | Navigate photos | configurable (navigate or step zoom) |
| Left click + drag on photo | Pan the photo | fixed |
Ctrl + drag | Move the window | fixed |
| Left click outside the photo | Restore the window | configurable |
| Double click on photo | Actual size ↔ fit to window | fixed |
| Double click outside the photo | Maximize the window | follows the click-outside setting |
| Right click | Windows Explorer context menu | fixed |
| Right click + hold | Zoom in | configurable |
| Wheel over the thumbnail strip | Navigate photos | fixed |
| Wheel over the on-screen rotate button | Rotate the photo | fixed |
| Action | Gesture |
|---|---|
| Navigate photos | Two-finger swipe left / right |
| Zoom or navigate | Two-finger swipe up / down (follows the wheel setting) |
| Zoom in / out | Pinch open / close |
Older 1.x versions were based on WPF and remain available only for Windows 7/8, but are no longer updated.