Dolphin Quick View Alternatives

Dolphin Quick View is described as 'Simple program to have a quick preview of the files in a folder (similar to Apple's Quick Look)' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Dolphin Quick View for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Flathub and GNOME apps. The best Dolphin Quick View alternative is Eye of GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dolphin Quick View are Kiview, Seer Pro, GNOME Sushi and Folder Preview.

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  1. Eye of GNOME icon
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    Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop environment. With it, you can view single image files, as well as large image collections. The Eye of GNOME supports a variety of image file formats.

    89 Eye of GNOME alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
    • Eye of GNOME is the most popular Linux alternative to Dolphin Quick View.

    • Eye of GNOME is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Dolphin Quick View.

    • Eye of GNOME is Free and Open SourceDolphin Quick View is also Free and Open Source
    • Eye of GNOME is Privacy focused and LightweightDolphin Quick View is not according to our users
  2. Kiview icon
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    Kiview gives the user the ability to quickly preview different file types without the need to launch the default application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
     
  3. Seer Pro icon
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    This is a quick look tool for Windows. Acts just like the one in OS X , but Seer is more powerful and faster.

    16 Seer Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Seer Pro is the most popular Windows alternative to Dolphin Quick View.

    • Seer Pro is Freemium and ProprietaryDolphin Quick View is Free and Open Source
  4. GNOME Sushi icon
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    GNOME sushi is a file previewer for the GNOME desktop environment. It is available as a standalone package that integrates with GNOME Files (formerly named Nautilus).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Folder Preview is a Quick Look extension that lets you preview the contents of a folder.

    18 Folder Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Folder Preview is the most popular Mac alternative to Dolphin Quick View.

    • Folder Preview is the most popular commercial alternative to Dolphin Quick View.

    • Folder Preview is Paid and ProprietaryDolphin Quick View is Free and Open Source
    • Folder Preview is Lightweight and Privacy focusedDolphin Quick View is not according to our users
  6. WinQuickLook icon
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    WinQuickLook allows you to select a file in Windows Explorer or on your desktop and then simply press the spacebar to see the contents of the file without having to open it with a special application.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    By default, macOS doesn't provide previews and thumbnails for WebP, a modern image format providing superior, lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. WebPQuickLook fills this gap by allowing you to see previews and thumbnails of .webp images on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. QLStephen icon
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    QLStephen is an Apple OSX Quick Look plugin that lets you view plain text files without a file extension. It is useful for reading files like README, INSTALL, CHANGELOG, Makefile, Rakefile and CapFile (files that the default Quick Look plugins don't handle).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. eye of MATE icon
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    eom or the Eye of MATE is a simple graphics viewer for the MATE desktop which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and can zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance. Eye of MATE is a fork of Eye of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Quick Eye icon
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    Quick Eye is a quick look application for Windows. Just press the space bar to quickly preview files. This software is also recommended for people who are used to macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    When Quick Look spacebar preview of your Mac doesn't work and you end up with the thumbnail of the photo, you can use Quick Look Fix from the menu bar.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Gloobus-preview is a Gnome extension designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file similar to Apple's Quicklook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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