QuickLook Alternatives

QuickLook is described as 'The Quick Look feature from Mac OS X, which allows users to preview file contents quickly by pressing the Space key, is missed. Windows doesn't have this feature. While alternatives like WinQuickLook and Seer exist, the decision was made to create a new version because the' and is a popular Image Viewer in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to QuickLook for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and GNOME apps. The best QuickLook alternative is Preview, which is free. Other great apps like QuickLook are Seer Pro, Eye of GNOME, Kiview and Xviewer.

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The Quick Look feature from Mac OS X, which allows users to preview file contents quickly by pressing the Space key, is...

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QuickLook alternatives page was last updated Mar 27, 2025
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  1. BandiView icon
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    BandiView is the succeeding image viewer to Honeyview, that inherits everything cool of its predecessor and also gets improved even further.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BandiView Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Built-in viewer
    4.  HDR Support

    BandiView VS QuickLook

     
  2. SimplePDF icon
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    Simple macOS PDF reader with ChatGPT integrated. You can chat with your local PDF. The returned response can cite the page number to ensure correctness.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    SimplePDF Features

    1.  AI-Powered

    SimplePDF VS QuickLook

     
  3. Viso icon
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    Viso is a beautiful minimal image viewer for MacOS. Features a non intrusive UI that allows you to get the most viewing experience out of your images.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Viso VS QuickLook

     
  4. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux

    eye of MATE Features

    1.  Image browser

    eye of MATE VS QuickLook

     
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    A plugin that lets you view HEIC photos on Windows and convert them to JPG by right-clicking.

    22 CopyTrans HEIC for Windows alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CopyTrans HEIC for Windows Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Convert heic to png
    3.  Binary file conversion
    4.  Image Preview

    CopyTrans HEIC for Windows VS QuickLook

     
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    Scoopy quick inside manipulation of windows folders with excessive (optional?) features but useful preview on paid version. The website is up to date (Nov 2018).

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    KO APPROACH Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  File preview
    3.  Image Preview

    KO APPROACH VS QuickLook

     
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    Redact & Annotate images. Hide or mark up essential parts of your image by simply clicking and dragging on it.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Arcane Marks Features

    1.  PDF annotation

    Arcane Marks VS QuickLook

     
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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.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Quick Look Fix Features

    1.  QuickLook File Preview
    2.  Image Preview

    Quick Look Fix VS QuickLook

     
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