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 Eye of GNOME, Seer Pro, WinQuickLook and GNOME Sushi.

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  1. 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
     
  2. 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.

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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).

    5 KO APPROACH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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