View AI files
Open .ai files without Illustrator (files saved as PDF-compatible). Shows the first artboard as an image.
Drop a folder or files here
JPG · PNG · WebP · GIF · BMP · AVIF · SVG · HEIC · PSD · AI · TIFF · camera RAW · PDF · HWP · Word · PPT · Excel · DWG/DXF · MP4/WebM/MOV/MKV/AVI/WMV · MP3/WAV/WMA/AIFF · TXT/MD/CSV/JSON/HTML — subfolders included
This browser doesn't support the folder-open dialog, so the standard folder picker is used. Files are read only on your device.
Viewer pages by format
Popular formats have their own page. Whichever page you are on, files of any other supported format open just the same.
- View HEIC photosHEIC·HEIF·HIF
- View PSD filesPSD·PSB
- View AI filesAI
- View TIFF filesTIF·TIFF
- View camera RAW photosCR2·CR3·CRW·NEF…
- Play MKVMKV
- Play AVI and DivXAVI·DIVX
- Play RMVB and RMRM·RMVB
- Play WMVWMV·ASF
- Play FLVFLV
- Play TS and M2TSTS·M2TS·MTS
- Play WMAWMA
- Play APE and lossless audioAPE·WV·TTA·MPC
- Open EML and MSG emailEML·MSG
- Read EPUB ebooksEPUB
- View Jupyter notebooks (ipynb)IPYNB
- Open legacy Word (.doc)DOC
- View DICOM medical imagesDCM·DICOM·DIC
- View STL and OBJ 3D modelsSTL·OBJ
- Open ZIP and TAR archivesZIP·TAR·TGZ·GZ…
- Read CBZ comicsCBZ
- View certificate files (PEM, CRT, CER, DER)PEM·CRT·CER·DER…
- View SRT and SMI subtitlesSRT·VTT·SMI·SAMI…
- Preview font files (TTF, OTF, WOFF)TTF·OTF·WOFF·WOFF2…
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HWP, and CAD have their own document viewer pages. Full file viewer →
Illustrator .ai files saved with the default 'PDF compatible' option contain a PDF structure that a browser PDF engine can draw. This page uses that to show the first artboard of an .ai file as an image — handy for checking logos, business cards, and posters without the app.
How to use it
- 1Click 'Choose AI files' or drop a folder onto the page.
- 2Click a file in the grid to see the first artboard large. It's vector, so zooming stays sharp.
- 3For PNG or JPEG use Image Convert; to see several artboards page by page, save as PDF and open it in the PDF viewer.
What it shows
If the file carries a PDF structure (Illustrator's 'Create PDF Compatible File' option, on by default), page 1 is rendered with pdf.js. It's drawn as vectors, so it stays crisp at any zoom.
Files are read inside the browser only and never sent anywhere. Close the tab and nothing remains.
Limits
An .ai saved with 'PDF compatible' off has no PDF structure and shows a notice instead. Only the first artboard is shown even when there are several. Very old pre-Illustrator 8 (pure PostScript) files aren't supported.
Good for
Checking .ai proofs from a printer or client, confirming a logo source file is the right one, and picking files out of a design folder.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see the second artboard?+
This viewer draws only the first. Save artboards to separate files in Illustrator, or export as PDF and view page by page in the PDF viewer.
Some .ai files won't open.+
They were saved without 'Create PDF Compatible File'. Ask the sender to re-save with that option on, or to export a PDF.
Fonts look different.+
If fonts weren't embedded on save, substitutes are used. Files with text converted to outlines display exactly.
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