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# Quick Look plugins [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)



> List of useful [Quick Look](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look) plugins for developers



## Install



### Using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)



- Run `brew install `



##### Catalina notes



To get many plugins working in Catalina and later, 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



### [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)



[![](screenshots/QLStephen.png)](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen)



### [QLMarkdown](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown)



> Preview Markdown files



Run `brew install --cask qlmarkdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown/releases/latest)



[![](screenshots/QLMarkdown.png)](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown)



### [QuickLookJSON](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html)



> Preview JSON files



[Download manually](http://www.sagtau.com/media/QuickLookJSON.qlgenerator.zip)



[![](screenshots/QuickLookJSON.png)](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html)



### [BetterZipQL](https://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](https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip.zip)



The legacy BetterZipQL plugin can be [downloaded here](https://macitbetter.com/dl/BetterZipQL-1.5.zip).



[![](screenshots/BetterZipQL.png)](https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/)



### [Suspicious Package](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/)



> Preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package



Run `brew install suspicious-package` or [download manually](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/downloads/SuspiciousPackage.xip)



[![](screenshots/SuspiciousPackage.png)](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/)



### [Apparency](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/)



> Preview the contents of a macOS app



Run `brew install apparency` or [download manually](https://mothersruin.com/software/downloads/Apparency.dmg)



[![](screenshots/Apparency.png)](https://mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/)



### [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)



[![](screenshots/QLVideo.png)](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo)



### [Source Code Preview](https://anybox.ltd/source-code-preview) 💰



> Includes 10+ color themes and syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, including JavaScript, Python, Java, CSS, and JSON.



Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/source-code-preview/id6759270528).



[![](screenshots/SourceCodePreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/source-code-preview)



### [Peek](https://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](https://apps.apple.com/app/peek-quick-look-extension/id1554235898).



*The app is abandoned and buggy, but still functional.*



[![](screenshots/Peek.png)](https://bigzlabs.com/peek)



### [Folder Preview](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview) 💰



> Quick look inside folders and archives.



Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/folder-preview/id6698876601).



[![](screenshots/FolderPreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview)



### [Folder Quick Look](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753110395) 💰



> Preview folder and archive contents (ZIP, RAR, and more).



Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753110395).



[![](screenshots/FolderQuickLook.png)](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753110395)



### [FluxMarkdown](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown)



> Preview Markdown files with Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, GFM support, and interactive table of contents.



Run `brew tap xykong/tap && brew install --cask flux-markdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown/releases/latest)



[![](screenshots/FluxMarkdown.png)](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown)



### [Markdown Preview](https://anybox.ltd/markdown-preview) 💰



> Quick look Markdown files with KaTex and Mermaid support.



Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/markdown-preview-quick-look/id6739955340).



[![](screenshots/MarkdownPreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/markdown-preview)



### [EPS Preview](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview) 💰



> EPS Preview adds Quick Look and thumbnails of EPS files to Finder.



Purchase on the [website](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview).



[![](screenshots/EPSPreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview)



### [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)



[![](screenshots/ProvisionQL.png)](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL)



### [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)



[![](screenshots/WebP.png)](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook)



### [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://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8471055/118415204-5f53fc80-b6a9-11eb-93d8-b88c442c5744.png)](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight)



**Note:** This might overwrite some other Quick Look plugins.



### [Burrete](https://github.com/SergeiNikolenko/Burrete)



> Preview PDB, mmCIF, SDF, XYZ, trajectories, and chemistry tables in Finder



[Download manually](https://github.com/SergeiNikolenko/Burrete/releases/latest)



[![](screenshots/Burrete.png)](https://github.com/SergeiNikolenko/Burrete)



### [Preview3MF](https://github.com/cavoco/Preview3MF)



> Preview 3MF 3D-printing models — real 3D rendering plus Finder thumbnails



Run `brew install --cask cavoco/tap/preview3mf` or [download manually](https://github.com/cavoco/Preview3MF/releases/latest)



[![](screenshots/Preview3MF.png)](https://github.com/cavoco/Preview3MF)



## License



[![CC0](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/cc-zero.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)



To the extent possible under law, [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.