QuickLook

Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows

Background

One of the few features I missed from Mac OS X is Quick Look. It allows the user to peek into a file content in lightning speed by just pressing the Space key. Windows, on the other hand, does not has this handy feature … until now.

I am aware that several alternatives are already available on the Internet (e.g. WinQuickLook and Seer). Despite these options, I still decide to craft another one by myself, because they are either not being actively developed, lacks variety, or asks for an amount of $$$.

Highlights

  • Tons of supported file types (full list here)
  • Fluent design (new in version 0.3)
  • Touchscreen friendly
  • HiDPI support
  • Preview from Open and Save File Dialog
  • Preview from 3rd-party file managers (see a list here)
  • Easy extended by plugins
  • Strict GPL license to keep it free forever

Usage

Download / General usage

What are the differences between .msi, .zip, nightly and Store versions?

  1. Download from one of the following

    • Microsoft Store (for Windows 10 users)
    • Installer or the portable archive of the stable version from Github Release
    • Nightly builds from AppVeyor
  2. Run QuickLook.exe
  3. Select a file/folder on the Desktop / in a File Explorer window / in an Open- or Save-File dialogue
  4. Press the Spacebar
  5. Select another file/folder in the same manner
  6. When you’re done, click on the ⨉ button, or press Spacebar again

Hotkeys and buttons

  • Spacebar: Show/Hide the preview window
  • Esc: Hide the preview window
  • Enter: Open/Execute the current file
  • Mouse️, ↑, ↓, ←, →: Preview another file
  • Ctrl-Wheel: Zoom in/out images
  • Wheel: Increase/decrease volume

Supported file types, file manager intergation, etc.

See the Wiki page

Translations

See the Translation guide

Thanks to

  • Many open-source projects and their contributors
  • Our UI designers @OiCkilL (“Fluent” user interface since v0.3) and @QubitsDev (application icon since v0.3)

  • Our contributers who

    • teach QuickLook speaks your language
    • send pull requests, report bugs or give suggestions
  • … and you 😊

Licenses

GPL-v3

This project references many other open-source projects. See here for the full list.

All source codes are licensed under GPL-3.0.

If you want to make any modification on these source codes while keeping new codes not protected by GPL-3.0, please contact me for a sublicense instead.