Open source alternatives to macOS Quick Look
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what macOS Quick Look does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What macOS Quick Look does
- Preview files by pressing spacecore
- Preview images, PDFs, video and documentscore
- Quick markup and rotation
- Plugins for more file types
- Full-screen preview
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 QuickLookPress space to preview files on Windows, like macOS Quick Look |
Replaces it93% | 26k+81 | 7 months ago | 54% | Install like an app | GPL-3.0 | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Quick markup and rotation.See the evidence
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