HawkView

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HawkView is ranked #7 of 35 in photo viewer software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Windows. There is a free plan.

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Personal use Free Free for personal use · Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) hawkview.co · 9 Oct 2026

Professional or commercial license Paid license required for professional or commercial use hawkview.co · 9 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Windows 10 and 11
RAW image support: Yes
Metadata viewer: Yes

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Product: HawkView is a Windows image viewer for viewing, editing, converting and presenting images.
Formats: It supports around 40 image formats, including HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, camera RAW, PSD, SVG and animated formats.
Performance: Its GPU-accelerated viewer supports 64-megapixel images using 512-pixel tiling to stream visible image areas.
Editing: It offers cropping, straightening, flipping and lossless 90-degree JPEG rotation, with edits held in memory until saved or discarded.
Slideshows: Slideshow features include 36 transitions, background music and MP4 export at 720p, 1080p or 4K.
Metadata and maps: It can read and edit more than 40 EXIF, IPTC and XMP fields and show geotagged photos on an interactive OpenStreetMap.
Integrations: The GPS map can open a photo's location in Google Maps, and slideshows can use OpenStreetMap.
Privacy: The app keeps images, edits and settings on the computer and has no accounts, sign-up, ads or tracking; update checks and anonymous crash reports are optional network uses.
Crash reports: Optional crash reports contain technical details such as file type and size, app version and operating system version, but not image contents, file names or paths.
Distribution: HawkView is offered through the Microsoft Store and as a direct installer or portable ZIP; the installer runs for the current user without admin rights.
Compatibility: The current build supports Windows 10 and 11 on 64-bit x64 processors; macOS and Linux builds are described as planned.
Support: Users can contact HawkView through its contact form or the listed support email.
Use cases: The maker describes HawkView as free for personal use and says professional or commercial use requires a paid license.
Price from: Free

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Best Photo Viewer Software in 2026#7 of 35

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hawkview.co· checked 9 Oct 2026
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hawkview.co/contact· checked 9 Oct 2026