QLStephen Alternatives

QLStephen is described as '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)' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to QLStephen for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Flathub apps. The best QLStephen alternative is Folder Quick Look, which is free. Other great apps like QLStephen are Preview, Kiview, Folder Preview and QLVideo.

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  1. 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
     
  2. Preview icon
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    Native macOS app for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, featuring tools for cropping, rotating, resizing images, rearranging pages, full-screen viewing, markup, document merging, batch conversion, and export in multiple formats.

    168 Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
     
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    This package allows macOS Finder to display thumbnails, static QuickLook previews, cover art and metadata for most types of video files.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Quick Look for EPS files has been removed since macOS 14. EPS Preview brings it back.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Very much like Folder Preview, Folder Preview Pro allows you to quick look folders in Finder.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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