macOS · fast · keyboard-driven

Open.
Flip through.
Done.

Flick is an uncompromisingly fast image viewer for macOS. Double-click in Finder, arrow-key through the folder — no gallery, no library, no cloud.

Try it right here: ←→ browse ·  B background ·  I info

Flick · dawn.heic — 1/5

Not a screenshot — this window responds to your keyboard.

Gallery. Cloud. Subscription. Import.
Just your images.

Flick opens what you click and flips through whatever sits next to it. Everything happens on your Mac — no database, no account, no telemetry. Built in a day, because Preview kept getting in the way.

Few features.
The right ones.

~1,300 lines of Swift
01

Open means open

Double-click → image. No splash screen, no import, no library that needs to load first. Images decode downsampled, and the neighbors in the folder are preloaded before you even flip.

02

Zoom to cursor

⌘+scroll, middle button or pinch — the point under your pointer stays exactly put.

03

GIFs actually play

GIF, WebP and APNG play with frame-accurate timing — and you can zoom while they run.

04

Trash with regret

⌫ deletes without asking — that’s the point. ⌘Z brings it right back.

05

Four backgrounds

B cycles black, gray, white and transparent — where only the image floats above your desktop.

06

Lives in the menu bar

Esc closes the window; Flick stays ready in the top right — the next double-click opens with zero cold start. No Dock icon, no baggage. Quit? ⌘Q, if you really mean it.

07

Thinks along

I shows EXIF with GPS→Maps, R rotates, S sorts — and Flick remembers where you were in every folder.

The mouse is optional.

Keyboard layout
Browse←→Space
First / last imageHomeEnd
Random imageX
Zoom to cursor⌘Scroll
Fit / 100%⌘0⌘1
Rotate (⇧ = counterclockwise)R⇧R
Move to Trash / undo⌫⌘Z
Copy image⌘C
Reveal in Finder⌘R
Image info (EXIF)I
Sort: name / date / sizeS
Cycle backgroundB
Full screen / screen sizeF⌥F
Help overlayH
Close overlay / fullscreen / windowEsc
Language German / EnglishRight-click

Download Flick.

Free and open source (AGPL v3). Self-signed and notarisation-free — on first launch, right-click the app and choose Open.

macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon · ~1 MB

↓  Download for macOS Source on Codeberg 
# or build from source
$ git clone https://codeberg.org/kleinschmidt/flick.git
$ cd flick && ./build.sh

# install & make it the default viewer
$ cp -R build/Flick.app /Applications/
$ duti -s media.heinemann.flick public.image all

Changelog

newest first
1.0.0 June 14, 2026
  • First public release.
  • Fast folder browsing, zoom-to-cursor, GIF/WebP/APNG playback.
  • Delete to Trash with one-tap undo, four background modes, borderless fullscreen.
  • EXIF info, rotate, sort, per-folder position memory.
  • Lives in the menu bar; German & English; daily update check.