# QuickLook
[](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html)
[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/xupefei/QuickLook)
[](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/releases)
[](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/releases/latest)
*This project is currently under heavy development. Come back often to see what's new.*
## Background
[Quick Look](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look) is among the few features I missed from Mac OS X. It enables *very* quick preview of file by pressing Space key while highlighting it, without opening its associated application. Then I decide to add this feature to Windows by myself, which results this “QuickLook” project.
You may ask, why you write this when there several alternatives available on the Internet (e.g. [WinQuickLook](https://github.com/shibayan/WinQuickLook) and [Seer](https://github.com/ccseer/Seer))? The answer is that, they are all among those which no longer actively developed, lack of support of file types and plugins, or asking user for amounts of $$$.
## Highlights
- Tons of supported file types (full list [here](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/Supported-File-Types))
- HiDPI support
- Native 64-bit application
- Preview from Open and Save File Dialog
- Preview from 3rd-party file managers (see a list [here](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/File-Managers))
- Easy extended by plugins
- Strict GPL license to keep it free forever
## Usage
### Download / General usage
1. Download either installer or portable archive from **[GitHub Release](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/releases)(stable)** or [AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/xupefei/quicklook/build/artifacts)(unstable) page
2. Run `QuickLook.exe`
3. Select a file/folder on the Desktop / in a File Explorer window / in an Open- or Save-File dialog
4. Press Spacebar
5. Select another file/folder in the same manner
6. When you're done, click on the `❎` button, or press Spacebar again
### Hotkeys and buttons
- Spacebar Show/Hide the preview window
- Esc Hide the preview window
- Enter Open/Execute current file
- Mouse️ ↑ ↓ ← → Preview another file
- Ctrl-Wheel Zoom in/out images
## More Information
See the [Wiki page](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki).
## Translations
If you would like to translate QuickLook to your language, feel free to modify [these files](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=filename%3ATranslations.config) and then send me a pull request. Thank you for the effort.
## Licenses
Application icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com. Used under the [Flaticon Basic License](http://file000.flaticon.com/downloads/license/license.pdf).
This project references many other projects. See [here](https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook/wiki/On-the-Shoulders-of-Giants) for the full list.
All source codes, except which are from other projects mentioned above, are licensed under [GPL-3.0](https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0).
If you want make any modification on these source codes while keeping new codes not protected by GPL-3.0, please contact me for a sublicense instead.