Folder Quick Look Alternatives

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

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  1. The Unarchiver icon
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    The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip and Bzip2. It will also open many older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ and...

    97 The Unarchiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • The Unarchiver is the most popular Mac alternative to Folder Quick Look.

    • The Unarchiver is the most popular free alternative to Folder Quick Look.

    • The Unarchiver is Free and ProprietaryFolder Quick Look is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Grizzly icon
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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 Quick Look.

    • Grizzly is Free and Open SourceFolder Quick Look is Free 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 Quick Look.

    • Kiview is Free and Open SourceFolder Quick Look is Free 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 Quick Look.

    • Seer Pro is Freemium and ProprietaryFolder Quick Look is Free and Proprietary
  5. 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).

    9 GNOME Sushi alternatives

    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 Quick Look.

    • Folder Preview is Paid and ProprietaryFolder Quick Look is Free and Proprietary
    • Folder Preview is Lightweight and Privacy focusedFolder Quick Look is not according to our users
  7. Zipeg icon
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    Zipeg is a universal open source archive extractor that supports ZIP and RAR (among other archiving formats). With just a click you can open a file and see what is inside.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. 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
     
  10. 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
     
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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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