There are two packages available for NeonView. You will only need the first one to run NeonView, while the second one contains the source code:
Current Release
NeonView 0.8.1 – Binary (Feb 27, 2013)
NeonView 0.8.1 – Source Tarball (Feb 27, 2013)
Older Releases
NeonView 0.8.0 – Source Tarball
To compile NeonView, uncompress the source package and issue make && sudo make install inside the directory. You will need GTK+ 3 development libraries, make and gcc (sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev build-essential).
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Hi I downloaded your sources and compiled them on puppy linux, I had about 10 errors gtk related, so I removed the lines from the source code and then it compiled and ran perfect nice Job
on the bin size 
The only real options missing fullscreen, and fullscreen with slideshow. I usually use Viewnior due to its small size and quick loading, but I always like trying new things like this
Thanks for your time
Jeff
One other thing it displays gif images as still images not animated, when I tested it with a animated gif that works in other image viewers.
Great Job and keep up the Good work.
Jeff
Thank you for the kind words!
I’ve been away from working on NeonView for a while but I’ll certainly look into it as soon as possible and fix some bugs and add several new features, including fullscreen mode
Was looking for a portable, quick file viewer. Downloaded your source code to try it out. It works on Windows when compiled with mingw and msys. If you’d like patches for Windows, let me know. Looks like a really nice, lightweight program with some very useful features.
Actually, that would be of great help, I’m looking in porting it to Windows too. If you have worked at something and want to share, please send me an email, thank you.
Dan, I don’t have your e-mail. You can get mine from my website. I can send the commands/patches I used to get the program running on Windows or can upload the binary (and source) somewhere. If anyone’s interested, let me know.
I will try this your work! Thanks from Indonesia!
You linked the binary instead of the source. However I managed to download it by checking this directory:
http://www.tuxarena.com/neonview/files/
You are right, I fixed it now. Thanks.