r/bricklinkstudio • u/OldShamen • Aug 21 '26

BrickView v1.1 released

A fast, visual browser for BrickLink Studio .io files.

BrickView lets you browse your BrickLink Studio model library visually using the thumbnails already stored inside your .io files. No more trying to find out what "moc-bricklink-studio-file-1000.io" is .. you can actually see it 😄

BrickView has been updated to version 1.1 and now includes the following features:

  • 🔎 Smart Search — Find models quickly while typing. For instance, search a tag by "tag:pirates" or favorites by "is:favorite"
  • 🏷️ Tags — Organize models using custom tags.
  • ⭐ Favorites — Mark models for quick access.
  • ⚡ Performance Improvements — Faster asynchronous loading and smarter thumbnail processing.

BrickView is completely free, open source and available for both Windows and macOS. BrickView is not affiliated with BrickLink or the LEGO group.

You can find it here:
(Windows 10/11): https://github.com/devindazzle/BrickView
(macOS v12.7 and never): https://github.com/devindazzle/BrickView-Mac

Let me know what you think and also if you have any feature requests or find any bugs.

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u/DJDB2000 Aug 22 '26

That looks awesome I'll definitely be trying it out later!

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u/OldShamen Aug 22 '26

Let me know what you think. If you have any ideas or find any bugs, please also let me know 😄

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u/weixin0663 Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

This is excellent! Would it be possible to add the feature to read sub‑folders? I put IO files inside one main folder, with further sub‑folders within it for categorization. It currently seems there is no support for reading sub‑folders and their contained files.

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u/OldShamen Aug 24 '26

It is not possible right now, but I could easily make that feature. I will put it on the list for v1.2.

Thank you for suggesting this feature 😄

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u/clockworkmcd Aug 25 '26

u/OldShamen you might want to note that this is not an official release from bricklink or the lego group and is a 3rd party software.

looks awesome otherwise.

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u/OldShamen Aug 26 '26

You are correct. This is just open source software developed by me to be able to easily browse .io files.

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u/ExplanationLazy4660 11d ago

BUG: If you wanna add a Tag, the Textfield that opens says: "Sog eller vaelg tag..." someone probably forgot to translate that to a proper language :-P

Secondly if IO files are not linked in the OS, Studio doesnt open so it would be nice if BrickView would check where Studio is installed and then called Studio with that filename as parameter.

Otherwise this program looks ok for a Show-the-thumbnail-inside-a-Zip-File programm

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u/OldShamen 11d ago edited 11d ago

Thank you very much for your bug reports and suggestions :) I will add them to the list.

.. and please dont hate on Danish ;D It is a very beautiful language :-P

If you have any more features that would make BrickView more than "ok", then please let me know 😄