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List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers
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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 `



#### 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



### [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)



[![](screenshots/QLColorCode.png)](https://github.com/anthonygelibert/QLColorCode)



### [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/toland/qlmarkdown)



> Preview Markdown files



Run `brew install qlmarkdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/downloads/toland/qlmarkdown/QLMarkdown-1.3.zip)



[![](screenshots/QLMarkdown.png)](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)



[![](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/)



### [qlImageSize](https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlImageSize)



> Display image size and resolution



Run `brew install qlimagesize` or [download manually](https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlImageSize#installation)



[![](screenshots/qlImageSize.png)](https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlImageSize)



### [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/)



### [QuickLookASE](https://github.com/rsodre/QuickLookASE)



> Preview Adobe ASE Color Swatches generated with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, [Adobe Color CC](https://color.adobe.com), [Spectrum](http://www.eigenlogik.com/spectrum/mac), [COLOURlovers](https://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)



[![](screenshots/QuickLookASE.png)](https://github.com/rsodre/QuickLookASE)



### [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)



## More



*These are not included in [Install all](#install-all).*



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



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



### [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)



### [QuickLookAPK](https://github.com/hezi/QuickLookAPK)



> Preview Android APK files



Run `brew install quicklookapk` or [download manually](https://github.com/hezi/QuickLookAPK/blob/master/QuickLookAPK.qlgenerator.zip)



[![](screenshots/QuickLookAPK.png)](https://github.com/hezi/QuickLookAPK)



### [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)



[![](screenshots/quicklook-pat.png)](https://github.com/pixelrowdies/quicklook-pat)



### [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.



## 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.