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QuickLook

license AppVeyor Github All Releases GitHub release

Background

One of the few features I missed from macOS is Quick Look. It allows users to peek into a file content in lightning speed by just pressing the Space key. Windows, on the other hand, does not have this handy feature ... until now!

I am aware that several alternatives are already available on the Internet (e.g. WinQuickLook and Seer). Despite these options, I still decided to craft another one by myself, because they are either not being actively developed, lack of variety, or ask for some 💵.

Highlights

  • Tons of supported file types (full list here)
  • Fluent design
  • Touchscreen friendly
  • HiDPI support
  • Preview from Open and Save File Dialog
  • Preview from 3rd-party file managers (see a list here)
  • Easily extended by plugins
  • Strict GPL license to keep it free forever

Usage

Download/Installation

Get it from one of the following sources:

  • Microsoft Store (Windows 10 users only, no preview in open/save-dialogs available) Store Link
  • Installer or portable archive of the stable version from GitHub Release
  • Nightly builds from AppVeyor

What are the differences between .msi, .zip, Nightly and Store versions?

Note: Don't forget to check out the plugins for previewing office-files, epubs, fonts and more!

Typical usecase

  1. Run QuickLook.exe (only necessary if autostart is disabled)
  2. Select any file or folder (on the Desktop, in a File Explorer window, in an Open or Save-File dialogue, doesn't matter)
  3. Press Spacebar
  4. Enjoy the preview and interact with it
  5. Preview next file by clicking on it or using arrow-keys (arrow-keys move selection in the background if the preview window is not in focus)
  6. When you're done close it by either hitting Spacebar again, pressing Esc or clicking the ⨉ button

Hotkeys and buttons

  • Spacebar Show/Hide the preview window
  • Esc Hide the preview window
  • Enter Open/Execute current file
  • Mouse ↑ ↓ ← → Preview another file
  • Mouse Wheel Zoom in/out (images)
  • Ctrl+Mouse Wheel Zoom in/out (PDFs)
  • Wheel Increase/decrease volume

Supported file types, file manager integration, etc.

See the Wiki page

Translations

See the Translation guide

Thanks to

  • Many open-source projects and their contributors
  • Our UI designers @OiCkilL (“Fluent” user interface since v0.3), @QubitsDev (app-icon v0.3-v3.6.9) and Donno (app-icon since v3.6.10)
  • Our contributers who
    • teach QuickLook to speak your language
    • send pull requests, report bugs or give suggestions
  • ... and you 😊

Licenses

GPL-v3

This project references many other open-source projects. See here for the full list.

All source codes are licensed under GPL-3.0.

If you want to make any modification on these source codes while keeping new codes not protected by GPL-3.0, please contact me for a sublicense instead.