Folder Quick Look Alternatives

Folder Quick Look is described as 'MacOS extension that enhances the system’s Quick Look feature by allowing users to instantly preview the contents of folders and compressed archives without opening them. Once installed, you can simply select a folder or supported archive format (such as' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Folder Quick Look for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best Folder Quick Look alternative is The Unarchiver, which is free. Other great apps like Folder Quick Look are Grizzly, Kiview, Seer Pro and GNOME Sushi.

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  1. The Unarchiver icon
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    The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip and Bzip2. It will also open many older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ and...

    97 The Unarchiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Grizzly icon
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    Grizzly is an open-source macOS application designed for browsing and extracting ZIP archives with speed and ease. It provides a clean, Finder-style interface with native system integrations to simplify ZIP file management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Kiview icon
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    Kiview gives the user the ability to quickly preview different file types without the need to launch the default application.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Seer Pro icon
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    This is a quick look tool for Windows. Acts just like the one in OS X , but Seer is more powerful and faster.

    16 Seer Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. GNOME Sushi icon
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    GNOME sushi is a file previewer for the GNOME desktop environment. It is available as a standalone package that integrates with GNOME Files (formerly named Nautilus).

    9 GNOME Sushi alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Zipeg icon
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    Zipeg is a universal open source archive extractor that supports ZIP and RAR (among other archiving formats). With just a click you can open a file and see what is inside.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. The Archive Browser is a program that lets you browse the contents of archives, as well as extract them. It will let you open files from inside archives, and lets you preview them using Quick Look.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. WinQuickLook icon
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    WinQuickLook allows you to select a file in Windows Explorer or on your desktop and then simply press the spacebar to see the contents of the file without having to open it with a special application.

    10 WinQuickLook alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    By default, macOS doesn't provide previews and thumbnails for WebP, a modern image format providing superior, lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. WebPQuickLook fills this gap by allowing you to see previews and thumbnails of .webp images on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. This application offers a quicklook extension for MacOS 10.15 Catalina or later for previewing source files. Inside it uses Highlight to render source code with syntax highlighting. The application is distributed with a version of the highlight.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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