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QuickLook

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The most powerful Quick Look implementation for Windows

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💡 The Problem

Ever wished Windows had macOS's Quick Look?

You know the drill: you want to peek at a file, so you double-click, wait for an app to launch, view the file, close the app... exhausting, right?

macOS users? They just press <kbd>Space</kbd>. Instant preview. Any file.

Now Windows has it too. 🎉

QuickLook brings that buttery-smooth, instant-preview experience to Windows. No more waiting. No more opening heavy applications just to peek at a document.

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WITHOUT QuickLook:
┌─────────────────┐
│ 1. Double click │
│ 2. Wait...      │
│ 3. App loads    │
│ 4. View file    │
│ 5. Close app    │
└─────────────────┘
   ⏱️ ~10 seconds

WITH QuickLook:
┌─────────────────┐
│ 1. Press SPACE  │
│ 2. Done! ✨     │
└─────────────────┘
   ⚡ ~0.2 seconds

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🚀 Superpowers

What Makes QuickLook Extraordinary

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⚡️ Lightning Speed

Instant previews with zero lag

Native performance that feels like magic

Hardware-accelerated rendering

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🎨 Gorgeous Design

Fluent Design System integration

Beautiful on 4K displays

Touch-optimized interface

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🌈 100+ Formats

Images, videos, documents, code

3D models, archives, fonts

Extensible with plugins

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📸 Visual Files

🖼️ Images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, RAW)
🎬 Videos (MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV)
🎨 Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI)
📐 3D Models (OBJ, STL, FBX)
🎭 Animated GIFs & APNGs

📄 Documents

📝 PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
📋 Text files with syntax highlighting
📊 Markdown with live rendering
📜 E-books (EPUB, MOBI)
📑 Comics (CBZ, CBR)

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💻 Developer Files

🐍 Python, JavaScript, C++, Rust
🌐 HTML, CSS, JSON, XML
⚙️ Config files (YAML, TOML, INI)
📦 Archives (ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR)
🔧 Binary files with hex view

🎵 Media

🎵 Audio (MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC)
🎼 Sheet music
🎨 Fonts (TTF, OTF, WOFF)
🖌️ Vector graphics (SVG, EPS)
📹 Subtitles (SRT, ASS)

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🎯 Works Everywhere

File Explorer

Native integration

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Open/Save Dialogs

System-wide support

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3rd Party Managers

Total Commander, xplorer²

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Cloud Storage

OneDrive, Dropbox ready

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📦 Get Started

Choose Your Adventure

Microsoft Store

Recommended for most users

✅ Automatic updates ✅ Sandboxed security ✅ One-click install

<sub>⚠️ Limited Open/Save dialog support</sub>

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Installer

Full-featured experience

✅ Complete functionality ✅ Open/Save dialog support ✅ Portable option available

<sub>💎 Get the full power</sub>

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Scoop

For command-line lovers

✅ Easy updates ✅ Reproducible installs ✅ Version management

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scoop bucket add extras
scoop install quicklook

<sub>🤓 Power user choice</sub>

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Nightly

Live on the edge

✅ Latest features ✅ Bug fixes first ⚠️ May be unstable

<sub>🌙 Experimenta

QuickLook

Install / Use

README

QuickLook

💡 The Problem

Ever wished Windows had macOS's Quick Look?

🚀 Superpowers

What Makes QuickLook Extraordinary

⚡️ Lightning Speed

🎨 Gorgeous Design

🌈 100+ Formats

📸 Visual Files

📄 Documents

💻 Developer Files

🎵 Media

🎯 Works Everywhere

📦 Get Started

Choose Your Adventure

Microsoft Store

Installer

Scoop

Nightly