# BetterViewer

> BetterViewer was designed as a replacement for the image viewing mode built into Firefox and Chrome-based web browsers. With BetterViewer you can use various keyboard shortcuts to quickly pan, zoom images, edit and a lot more!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/betterviewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/betterviewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `betterviewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Adem KOUKI
- **Category:** web-development,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1,231
- **Weekly downloads:** 29
- **Rating:** 4.19 / 5 (42 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-02
- **First published:** 2022-02-09
- **Size:** 5.59 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/betterviewer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Ademking/BetterViewer](https://github.com/Ademking/BetterViewer)

## Description

BetterViewer is a browser extension designed to replace the default image viewer in Firefox and Chrome-based browsers. It offers a fast, easy, and enjoyable way to view and interact with images using a variety of keyboard shortcuts and advanced editing features.

Key features include zooming, panning, rotating, flipping, cropping, painting, downloading, and printing images. Users can upload images to imgBB, pick colors, extract text, scan QR codes, and perform reverse image searches using TinEye. Customizable toolbar settings and support for editing images in Photopea make BetterViewer a versatile tool for web users. This extension is open source and enhances your browsing experience by making image interaction smarter and more efficient.

## Rankings

- #2,961 — Overall
- #325 — Web Development
- #43 — viewer
- #73 — beta
- #120 — zoom
- #210 — replace

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `https://*/*`
- `http://*/*`
- `file:///*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users consistently praise BetterViewer’s zoom, rotate and in‑browser editing and call it a smooth, feature‑rich replacement for the built‑in viewer. Repeated complaints focus on recent updates that stopped it opening images by default, breakages in functionality (including the editor), and slow or absent developer fixes.

### Pros

- Powerful zoom and image tools (zoom, rotate, basic editing) praised by multiple users
- Smooth, easy-to-use viewer that many say replaces or improves on the built‑in image viewer
- Feature‑rich and reliable for desktop use—users repeatedly call it excellent or a 10/10

### Cons

- Recent updates removed its ability to open images by default (no longer the default viewer), which multiple users find disruptive
- Reports of the extension or its editor not working recently—several users say it’s been broken for weeks/months
- Perceived lack of developer responsiveness or timely updates to fix these issues

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/betterviewer)