auraview 0.6.0

A fast, distraction-free photo viewer.

AuraView

a minimal, elegant image viewer inspired by the art of melody.

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✨ About

AuraView is a minimalist photo viewer designed to stay out of your way. No clutter. No unnecessary controls. Just your images — fast and clear.

It focuses on:

• ⚡ Speed
• 🧼 Clean interface
• 🖼️ Smooth image viewing
• 🪶 Lightweight footprint

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🐍 Requirements

• Python 3.14.2 (Tested)
• pandas
• pillow
• pillow_heif

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🚀 Features

• View photos smoothly and instantly
• Supports Apple image formats (including HEIF/HEIC)
• Keyboard-based image navigation
• Image rotation support
• In-place rotation (changes persist)
• Copy images to another location
• Move images between directories

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📦 Installation

Install AuraView using pip:

pip install auraview

🖥️ Usage

Launch AuraView:

auraview

Open a specific directory:

auraview /path/to/folder

Open a specific image file:

auraview /path/to/image.jpg

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📌 Command Line Options

Show version:

auraview --version
auraview -v

Show help:

auraview --help
auraview -h

Show author:

auraview --author
auraview -a

Show author email:

auraview --email
auraview -e

Show release date:

auraview --date
auraview -d

Changelog

Version 0.6.0 24-02-2026

• Natural sort feature added.
• Transfer dev workflow to pure uv.
• Rotate image based on exif tags to avoid pixel conversion.

Version 0.5.0 23-02-2026

• Bug on file input.

Version 0.4.0 23-02-2026

• removed recursive selection of all images while using file as input.

Version 0.3.0 23-02-2026

• added additional requirement to pyproject.toml

Version 0.2.0 23-02-2026

• Added image counter
• Added go to image index feature
• added copy, move, Delete, Rotate
• Update extension feature.
• Datetime labels

Version 0.1.0 - 19-02-2026

• Initial release
• Able to view photos.
• supports apple image extensions.
• Navigation supported.
• Image transform: Rotation possible.
• Rotations are considered inplace.
• Copy and Move functions available.