QLVideo Alternatives

QLVideo is described as 'This package allows macOS Finder to display thumbnails, static QuickLook previews, cover art and metadata for most types of video files' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to QLVideo for Mac. The best QLVideo alternative is WebPQuickLook, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QLVideo are QLStephen, Syntax Highlight Quicklook, BetterZip Quick Look Generator and QLColorCode.

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  1. WebPQuickLook

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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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    • WebPQuickLook is the most popular Mac alternative to QLVideo.

    • WebPQuickLook is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to QLVideo.

    • WebPQuickLook is Free and Open SourceQLVideo is also Free and Open Source
    • WebPQuickLook is LightweightQLVideo is not according to our users
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    QLStephen

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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
     
  4. Syntax Highlight Quicklook icon

    Syntax Highlight Quicklook

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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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  5. BetterZip Quick Look Generator

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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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  6. QLColorCode

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    This is a Quick Look plug-in that renders source code with syntax highlighting, using the Highlight library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Peek - Quick Look Extension icon

    Peek - Quick Look Extension

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    Accelerate your workflow with the Quick Look conveniences that only Peek can deliver: text selection & copying, scroll restoration, syntax highlighting, & more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Peek - Quick Look Extension is the most popular commercial alternative to QLVideo.

    • Peek - Quick Look Extension is Paid and ProprietaryQLVideo is Free and Open Source
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    Markdown Preview

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    Markdown Preview provides a Quick Look extension to preview Markdown files in Finder.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    iPreview

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    iPreview provides quicklook preview for source code, Markdown, Jupyter, Webp, Avif, 3D Model and any more file types in macOS Finder, Quicklook, Spotlight.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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