Available for macOS and Windows

Keep the reference.
Lose the clutter.

I made Float after too many reference images disappeared behind my editor. It opens fast, stays above the workspace, and keeps its controls out of the image until they are useful.

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Float settings

Behavior Appearance

Lock aspect ratio

Keep manual resizing constrained.

Slideshow interval

Cycle through selected images.

10 sec

Window opacity

See the workspace beneath Float.

80%

What’s new in 0.2

More capable.
Still unmistakably small.

Float now handles the parts around the image with more care, without becoming another app you need to manage.

Settings stay off the image

Opacity, slideshow timing, aspect lock, and click-through live in a dedicated panel.

Every window keeps its place

Pin a mockup here and a cheat sheet there. Each viewer keeps its own image and navigation state.

Slideshows loop cleanly

Open an image set, choose the interval once, then move through it manually or automatically.

Quiet, clear viewer states

Empty, missing, and failed-load states explain what happened without filling the window with chrome.

Built for reference work

Made for the moment between looking and making.

Float is intentionally small: no dashboard, no sync model, no browser tabs. Just a viewer that keeps visual context alive while you draw, design, code, learn, or play.

Figma shortcuts reference — Design Keep shortcuts above the editor without covering the canvas.

Annotated wave management image — Learn Keep a second reference nearby without replacing the first.

Game combo cheat sheet — Practice Move through a reference set with a looping slideshow.

Ready when the reference is

Download. Pin. Get back to work.

macOSUniversal DMG Windowsx64 installer

Launch Float, press ⌘O or Ctrl+O, and choose an image or image set.