https://github.com/correia-jpv/fucking-quick-look-plugins
List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers. With repository stars⭐ and forks🍴
https://github.com/correia-jpv/fucking-quick-look-plugins
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List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers. With repository stars⭐ and forks🍴
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/correia-jpv/fucking-quick-look-plugins
- Owner: Correia-jpv
- Created: 2022-02-06T12:20:16.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-10-12T04:44:31.000Z (13 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-13T10:02:20.498Z (12 days ago)
- Topics: awesome, awesome-list, awesome-lists, homebrew, plugin, plugins, quick-look, quick-lookup, quicklook, quicklook-plugin
- Homepage:
- Size: 8.58 MB
- Stars: 71
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
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README
# Quick Look plugins [](https://awesome.re)
> List of useful 🌎 [Quick Look](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look) plugins for developers
## Install
### Using 🌎 [Homebrew](brew.sh)
- Run `brew install `
#### Install all
```
brew install qlcolorcode qlstephen qlmarkdown quicklook-json qlimagesize suspicious-package apparency quicklookase qlvideo
```
##### Catalina notes
To get plugins working in Catalina, you will need to remove the quarantine attribute.
Run this to see the attributes:
```
xattr -r ~/Library/QuickLook
```
And run this to remove the attributes:
```
xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/QuickLook
```
### Manually
- Click "download manually"
- Move the downloaded .qlgenerator file to `~/Library/QuickLook`
- Run `qlmanage -r`
## Plugins
### 692⭐ 48🍴 [QLColorCode](https://github.com/anthonygelibert/QLColorCode))
> Preview source code files with syntax highlighting
Run `brew install qlcolorcode` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/anthonygelibert/QLColorCode/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/anthonygelibert/QLColorCode)
### 2799⭐ 163🍴 [QLStephen](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen))
> Preview plain text files without or with unknown file extension. Example: README, CHANGELOG, index.styl, etc.
Run `brew install qlstephen` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen)
### 3289⭐ 142🍴 [QLMarkdown](https://github.com/toland/qlmarkdown))
> Preview Markdown files
Run `brew install qlmarkdown` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/downloads/toland/qlmarkdown/QLMarkdown-1.3.zip))
[](https://github.com/toland/qlmarkdown)
### [QuickLookJSON](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html)
> Preview JSON files
Run `brew install quicklook-json` or [download manually](http://www.sagtau.com/media/QuickLookJSON.qlgenerator.zip)
[](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html)
### 🌎 [BetterZipQL](macitbetter.com/downloads/)
> Preview archives
> Note: The BetterZipQL plugin was integrated with the BetterZip app.
Run `brew install betterzip` to install the BetterZip app and its Quick Look plugin or 🌎 [download manually](macitbetter.com/BetterZip.zip)
The legacy BetterZipQL plugin can be 🌎 [downloaded here](macitbetter.com/dl/BetterZipQL-1.5.zip).
[](https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/)
### 1200⭐ 66🍴 [qlImageSize](https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlImageSize))
> Display image size and resolution
Run `brew install qlimagesize` or 1200⭐ 66🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlImageSize#installation))
[](https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlImageSize)
### 🌎 [Suspicious Package](www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/)
> Preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package
Run `brew install suspicious-package` or 🌎 [download manually](www.mothersruin.com/software/downloads/SuspiciousPackage.xip)
[](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/)
### 🌎 [Apparency](www.mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/)
> Preview the contents of a macOS app
Run `brew install apparency` or 🌎 [download manually](mothersruin.com/software/downloads/Apparency.dmg)
[](https://mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/)
### 44⭐ 1🍴 [QuickLookASE](https://github.com/rsodre/QuickLookASE))
> Preview Adobe ASE Color Swatches generated with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, 🌎 [Adobe Color CC](color.adobe.com), [Spectrum](http://www.eigenlogik.com/spectrum/mac), 🌎 [COLOURlovers](www.colourlovers.com), [Prisma](http://www.codeadventure.com), among many others.
Run `brew install quicklookase` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/rsodre/QuickLookASE/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/rsodre/QuickLookASE)
### 3151⭐ 108🍴 [QLVideo](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo))
> Preview most types of video files, as well as their thumbnails, cover art and metadata
Run `brew install qlvideo` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo)
## More
*These are not included in [Install all](#install-all).*
### 🌎 [Peek](bigzlabs.com/peek) 💰
> Peek allows you to copy and find text, jump to line numbers, render Github-flavored Markdown with a generated table of contents, restore scroll positions, highlight syntax, & more in the Quick Look previews of over 300 file extensions.
Purchase on the 🌎 [App Store](apps.apple.com/app/peek-quick-look-extension/id1554235898).
*The app is abandoned and buggy, but still functional.*
[](https://bigzlabs.com/peek)
### 🌎 [Folder Preview](anybox.ltd/folder-preview) 💰
> Preview folders and ZIP files with the familiar experience of Finder.
Purchase on the 🌎 [App Store](apps.apple.com/app/folder-preview/id6698876601).
[](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview)
### 2413⭐ 158🍴 [ProvisionQL](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL))
> Preview iOS / macOS app and provision information
Run `brew install provisionql` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL)
### 152⭐ 40🍴 [QuickLookAPK](https://github.com/hezi/QuickLookAPK))
> Preview Android APK files
Run `brew install quicklookapk` or 152⭐ 40🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/hezi/QuickLookAPK/blob/master/QuickLookAPK.qlgenerator.zip))
[](https://github.com/hezi/QuickLookAPK)
### 32⭐ 0🍴 [quicklook-pat](https://github.com/pixelrowdies/quicklook-pat))
> Preview Adobe Photoshop pattern files
Run `brew install quicklook-pat` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/pixelrowdies/quicklook-pat/releases))
[](https://github.com/pixelrowdies/quicklook-pat)
### 288⭐ 24🍴 [WebP](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook))
> Preview WebP images
> NOTE: This is already covered by `qlImageSize`, so this plugin is listed here only in case you do not like `qlImageSize`.
Run `brew install webpquicklook` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook)
### 3585⭐ 84🍴 [SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight))
> Preview many different source code files
Run `brew install --cask --no-quarantine syntax-highlight` or ?⭐ ?🍴 [download manually](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight/releases/latest))
[](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight)
**Note:** This might overwrite some other Quick Look plugins.
## License
[](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
To the extent possible under law, 🌎 [Sindre Sorhus](sindresorhus.com) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.
## Source
18418⭐ 537🍴 [sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins](https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins))