QuickLook

Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows (by QL-Win)
C#
Source Code pooi.moe

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14 days ago

QL-Win/QuickLook is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.

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Posts

Posts where QuickLook has been mentioned. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects - the last one was on 2021-04-02.
  • QuickLook for Windows – peek into a file's contents by pressing the Space key
    news.ycombinator.com | 2021-04-03
  • Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop
    news.ycombinator.com | 2021-04-02
    There is a clone on Windows called Quicklook [0]. Not associated with it, just found it when seeing if there was an equivalent for Windows platform.

    https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook

    news.ycombinator.com | 2021-04-02
  • Preview images through FTP client Windows 10
    reddit.com/r/Windows10 | 2021-03-26
    Note that it does recommend the non-store version for better compatibility you can read more or download the non-store version here: https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/wiki/Differences-Between-Distributions.
  • Profile ONLY for desktop and file explorer
    reddit.com/r/LogitechG | 2021-03-19
    I'd like to use my side mouse buttons for desktop and file explorer in a meaningful way- notably, bind them to space for Quicklook: https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook
  • 7-Zip developer releases the first official Linux version
    news.ycombinator.com | 2021-03-12
    Thanks for clarifying, the original tweet has also been expanded innl the same vein: https://mobile.twitter.com/AdmVonSchneider/status/1369300173...

    And a bit off-topic, but have you heard of (or maybe commented on) "Bring macOS Quick Look Feature to Windows"[0] aka "parse and preview everything"? Is it paranoia[1] to think "how we defend against parser exploits" should be part of the tool design?

    [0] https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook

    [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26007577

  • A quick tip on an app for quick preview of any file - Tips & Trick
    reddit.com/r/Windows10 | 2021-03-04
    Github
  • Help - Video Thumbnail Preview - Playing in Thumbnail
    reddit.com/r/Windows10 | 2021-02-27
    I feel with you. I was/am looking for something like this, too, for a very long time now. Could not find anything proper yet. For now I am using QuickLook, which is close to what I understand under "comfortable browsing videos". This is basically Mac's/Apple's Quick Look system, but for Windows.
  • Bring macOS Quick Look Feature to Windows
    news.ycombinator.com | 2021-02-02
  • A post about ... Windows
    reddit.com/r/MacOS | 2021-01-30
    Install QuickLook for ... well, QuickLook.
  • Inspired a bit by Quick Look on macOS — when the user selects a folder and presses/holds space bar, a little pop up will appear, showing the files in that folder. The user can quickly drag and drop stuff from that pop up.
    reddit.com/r/Windows_Redesign | 2021-01-18
    Added it as a feature request.
    reddit.com/r/Windows_Redesign | 2021-01-18
    Quick heads-up on the subject, it turns out there is already a folder preview plugin in the works for QuickLook, hence my earlier issue got closed/ merged with it.
  • I like light themes
    reddit.com/r/desktops | 2021-01-11
    QuickLook
  • Gnome has no thumbnails in the file picker (and my toilets are blocked)
    news.ycombinator.com | 2021-01-10
    I use both and really miss the spacebar Quicklook on Windows, I found this 3rd party app that adds it https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook and works better than I expected.
  • I'm returning my M1 Mac and returning to Windows, here are my thoughts
    reddit.com/r/Windows10 | 2020-12-27
    On Windows, I use Quicklook to get "Previewing files with spacebar" functionality.