WinQuickLook Alternatives

WinQuickLook is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to WinQuickLook for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Flathub and GNOME apps. The best WinQuickLook alternative is Folder Quick Look. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Preview or Eye of GNOME. Other great apps like WinQuickLook are Seer Pro, Kiview, Folder Preview and eye of MATE.

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  1. Folder Quick Look is a 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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. Preview icon
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    Native macOS app for viewing, annotating, and editing images and PDFs, featuring tools for cropping, rotating, resizing images, rearranging pages, full-screen viewing, markup, document merging, batch conversion, and export in multiple formats.

    191 Preview alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Eye of GNOME icon
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    Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop environment. With it, you can view single image files, as well as large image collections. The Eye of GNOME supports a variety of image file formats.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. 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.

    20 Kiview alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Dolphin File Manager
    • Flatpak
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  6. Folder Preview is a Quick Look extension that lets you preview the contents of a folder.

    23 Folder Preview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. eye of MATE icon
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    eom or the Eye of MATE is a simple graphics viewer for the MATE desktop which uses the gdk-pixbuf library. It can deal with large images, and can zoom and scroll with constant memory usage. Its goals are simplicity and standards compliance. Eye of MATE is a fork of Eye of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  8. Quick Eye icon
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    Quick Eye is a quick look application for Windows. Just press the space bar to quickly preview files. This software is also recommended for people who are used to macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Very much like Folder Preview, Folder Preview Pro allows you to quick look folders in Finder.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. When Quick Look spacebar preview of your Mac doesn't work and you end up with the thumbnail of the photo, you can use Quick Look Fix from the menu bar.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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