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--- visibility: public --- # Quick Look Plugins **repo:** [sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins](https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins) **category:** [[development-environment|Development Environment]] --- # Quick Look plugins [](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 <package>` ##### Catalina notes To get many plugins working in Catalina and later, 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](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/move) the downloaded .qlgenerator file to `~/Library/QuickLook` - Run `qlmanage -r` ## Plugins ### [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) [](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen) ### [QLMarkdown](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown) > Preview Markdown files Run `brew install --cask qlmarkdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown/releases/latest) [](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown) ### [QuickLookJSON](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html) > Preview JSON files [Download manually](http://www.sagtau.com/media/QuickLookJSON.qlgenerator.zip) [](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). [](https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/) ### [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) [](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) [](https://mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/) ### [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) [](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo) ### [Source Code Preview](https://anybox.ltd/source-code-preview) 💰 > Includes 10+ color themes and syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, including JavaScript, Python, Java, CSS, and JSON. Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/source-code-preview/id6759270528). [](https://anybox.ltd/source-code-preview) ### [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 [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/peek-quick-look-extension/id1554235898). *The app is abandoned and buggy, but still functional.* [](https://bigzlabs.com/peek) ### [Folder Preview](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview) 💰 > Quick look inside folders and archives. Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/folder-preview/id6698876601). [](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview) ### [Folder Quick Look](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753110395) 💰 > Preview folder and archive contents (ZIP, RAR, and more). Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753110395). [](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753110395) ### [FluxMarkdown](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown) > Preview Markdown files with Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, GFM support, and interactive table of contents. Run `brew tap xykong/tap && brew install --cask flux-markdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown/releases/latest) [](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown) ### [Markdown Preview](https://anybox.ltd/markdown-preview) 💰 > Quick look Markdown files with KaTex and Mermaid support. Purchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/markdown-preview-quick-look/id6739955340). [](https://anybox.ltd/markdown-preview) ### [EPS Preview](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview) 💰 > EPS Preview adds Quick Look and thumbnails of EPS files to Finder. Purchase on the [website](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview). [](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview) ### [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) [](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL) ### [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) [](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://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight) **Note:** This might overwrite some other Quick Look plugins. ## License [](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.