View any embroidery file on your computer
2stitchOrganizer opens all the common embroidery formats on Windows and Mac — PES, DST, JEF, VP3 and the rest — with a faithful stitch-level preview. One tidy home for everything you've collected.
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Used by 27,853 embroiderers since 2019.
Hobbyists, shops, and everyone in between.
If this is your embroidery stash, keep reading.
- You've got files in four different extensions on your computer and a nagging feeling half of them are duplicates.
- You upgraded machines and suddenly your old designs feel "stuck" — even though the stitches are perfectly fine.
- You've got a PES viewer, a vague memory of a JEF viewer, and no idea which one to open when a friend sends a file.
- You tried an online embroidery viewer once and never quite worked out where your design file ended up afterwards.
- Windows shows a generic icon for half your embroidery files and a thumbnail for the other half — so browsing by eye is a lost cause.
- You inherited a folder of embroidery files from your mum, a craft-group friend, or a machine-shop cleanup — and you have no idea what any of it is.
One app. All your formats. Your whole collection, finally visible.
See every stitch, rendered accurately
Every stitch rendered accurately, with real thread colors, hoop dimensions, stitch counts and file metadata right there on screen. Know what you're working with before you hoop anything.
Which format do you have?
Not sure which one you're working with? Click your format below to see what this embroidery file viewer can do with it.
Ready to open your embroidery files?
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One app, every format
A single embroidery viewer for your PC or Mac that handles the whole library you've collected over the years.
Accurate preview
True stitch-level rendering with real thread colors, so you can spot problems before you hoop anything.
Tag and search
Add your own tags, then filter by tag, folder, hoop size, file format, notes or favorites to find any design in seconds.
Send to USB stick
Select any design in your library and send it to your machine's USB stick with a click — ready to stitch.
Printable PDF catalogs
Print a PDF catalog to flip through at your desk, view on a tablet or phone, or email to a client.
Filter by hoop size
Set your hoop size and designs that are too big to stitch drop out of view — no more loading a file only to realise it won't fit.
Color files handled
Reads companion color files (.col, .edr, .inf, .rgb) automatically, so your thread colors show up the way the designer intended.
Not sure what format you have?
The embroidery formats 2stitchOrganizer reads, and which machines they're for.
- .DST
- Tajima, commercial machines
- .PES
- Brother, Babylock, Deco
- .PEC
- Brother, Babylock, Deco (legacy)
- .JEF
- Janome, Elna, Kenmore
- .SEW
- Janome, Elna, Kenmore (legacy)
- .EMD
- Elna
- .VP3
- Husqvarna Viking, Pfaff
- .VIP
- Husqvarna Viking, Pfaff (legacy)
- .HUS
- Husqvarna Viking (legacy)
- .SHV
- Husqvarna Viking
- .PCS
- Pfaff (legacy)
- .EXP
- Melco, Bernina
- .XXX
- Compucon, Singer
Got a Wilcom .EMB file? That's a design-source file, not a machine format — see our guide to EMB files for what to do with it.
What people say
From hobbyists stitching at the kitchen table to shops running daily production.
I have been using 2stitchOrganizer for several years now on my Windows PC and I love the program. It's become part of how I work — I just want to get back to embroidery as quickly as possible whenever something interrupts me.
I have used 2stitchOrganizer for a couple of years and have had great luck with it. I heavily rely on this program, and I have referred several people to it.
So far I am loving this software. I have looked all over the place for software that has all of these features. The program installed easily and is user-friendly.
From "which viewer was it again?" to "just double-click it."
You don't need a viewer per machine. Point 2stitchOrganizer at your folders and every format you've collected shows up in the same tidy library — ready to browse, tag, and stitch.
Common questions
Can I view embroidery files without my machine's software?
What's the difference between PES and DST?
.edr or .col) when they're available.Does 2stitchOrganizer convert between formats?
Will it work with my machine?
How much does it cost?
Try it on your own files
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