Folder Preview Pro Alternatives

Folder Preview Pro is described as 'Very much like Folder Preview, Folder Preview Pro allows you to quick look folders in Finder' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Folder Preview Pro for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best Folder Preview Pro alternative is Folder Quick Look, which is free. Other great apps like Folder Preview Pro are Grizzly, Kiview, Seer Pro and GNOME Sushi.

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    Folder Quick Look is a macOS extension that enhances the system’s Quick Look feature by allowing users to instantly preview the contents of folders and compressed archives without opening them. Once installed, you can simply select a folder or supported archive format (such as...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Folder Quick Look is the most popular Mac alternative to Folder Preview Pro.

    • Folder Quick Look is the most popular free alternative to Folder Preview Pro.

    • Folder Quick Look is Free and ProprietaryFolder Preview Pro is Paid and Proprietary
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    Grizzly is an open-source macOS application designed for browsing and extracting ZIP archives with speed and ease. It provides a clean, Finder-style interface with native system integrations to simplify ZIP file management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Grizzly is the most popular Open Source alternative to Folder Preview Pro.

    • Grizzly is Free and Open SourceFolder Preview Pro is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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
     
    • Kiview is the most popular Linux alternative to Folder Preview Pro.

    • Kiview is Free and Open SourceFolder Preview Pro is Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Seer Pro is the most popular Windows alternative to Folder Preview Pro.

    • Seer Pro is Freemium and ProprietaryFolder Preview Pro is Paid and Proprietary
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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 commercial alternative to Folder Preview Pro.

    • Folder Preview is Paid and ProprietaryFolder Preview Pro is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Folder Preview is Lightweight and Privacy focusedFolder Preview Pro is not according to our users
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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
     
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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
     
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    This application offers a quicklook extension for MacOS 10.15 Catalina or later for previewing source files. Inside it uses Highlight to render source code with syntax highlighting. The application is distributed with a version of the highlight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Wouldn't it be great if Mac OS X's Quick Look would let you inspect the contents of compressed archives? With the help of the BetterZip Quick Look Generator, it can.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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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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    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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