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# SagoImageBrowser

A Qt6-based image browser application for viewing and managing image collections.

## Features

- Browse images in a directory tree

- Thumbnail preview of images

- Single image view mode with keyboard navigation

- File system navigation

- Multi-threaded thumbnail generation for responsive UI

## Requirements

- C++17 or later

- CMake 3.21+

- Qt6 (Widgets component)

## Building

### Prerequisites

Install Qt6 development files:

```bash

# On Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt-get install qt6-base-dev

# On macOS with Homebrew

brew install qt6

```

### Build Steps

```bash

cd SagoImageBrowser

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

```

The compiled executable will be at `./build/ImageBrowser`

## Running

```bash

./build/ImageBrowser

```

## Project Structure

```

src/

  ├── main.cpp                 # Application entry point

  ├── mainwindow.h/cpp         # Main application window

  ├── imagemodel.h/cpp         # Image data model

  ├── imageviewwidget.h/cpp    # Image display widget

  └── thumbnailworker.h/cpp    # Background thumbnail generation

CMakeLists.txt                 # Build configuration

```

## License

MIT Expat License

Copyright (c) 2026

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all

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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

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