Free CBR Reader

Free CBR Reader is a simplistic piece of software that you can use to open documents with the CBR file extensions to read comic books.

Read comic books from CBR-formatted files

It's ideal for users interested in a straightforward comic book reader without having to worry about complex features.
Installing this lightweight utility takes little time and effort. However, you should make sure to have .NET Framework downloaded and installed or it won't work.

Gets associated with CBR files

Another notable aspect about is that it gets automatically associated with CBR files after setup. Therefore, you can double-click any CBR file to open it in Free CBR Reader instead of first opening the application and then opening the file.

View comic book pages as thumbnails

Packed in a plain and simple interface made from just one window, Free CBR Reader has few options to offer. You can look up a CBR file on the computer using the file browser, open it, and view the thumbnail of each comic book page on the left side of the panel.

Zoom and browse CBR pages

It's possible to easily select any of these pages by just clicking their thumbnail, zoom in and out by clicking and dragging a slider or by tweaking the zoom factor, as well as to navigate pages by scrolling a vertical bar, clicking back and forward arrow buttons, or by using the mouse wheel.

Basic comic book reader with few features

Unfortunately, this is where Free CBR Reader's functionality ends. We would have loved to be able to extract comic book pages to file, save or at least copy images, and set bookmarks to remember the last viewed page on exit, to name some examples.
Nevertheless, Free CBR Reader manages to meet expectations when it comes to a simple and practical solution to help you read comic books from CBR files. It's free and easy to use.