Quick Look plugins

List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers

Install

Using Homebrew Cask

• Run brew cask install <package>
• Run qlmanage -r

Install all

brew cask install qlcolorcode qlstephen qlmarkdown quicklook-json qlprettypatch quicklook-csv betterzipql webp-quicklook suspicious-package && qlmanage -r

Manually

• Click "download manually"
• Move the downloaded .qlgenerator file to /Library/QuickLook
• Run qlmanage -r

Plugins

QLColorCode

Preview source code files with syntax highlighting

Run brew cask install qlcolorcode or download manually

QLStephen

Preview plain text files without a file extension. Example: README, CHANGELOG, etc.

Run brew cask install qlstephen or download manually

QLMarkdown

Preview Markdown files

Run brew cask install qlmarkdown or download manually

QuickLookJSON

Preview JSON files

Run brew cask install quicklook-json or download manually

QLPrettyPatch

Preview .patch files

Run brew cask install qlprettypatch or download manually

QuickLookCSV

Preview CSV files

Run brew cask install quicklook-csv or download manually

BetterZipQL

Preview archives

Run brew cask install betterzipql or download manually

WebP

Preview WebP images

Run brew cask install webp-quicklook or download manually

Suspicious Package

Preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package

Run brew cask install suspicious-package or download manually

More

• Provisioning - preview .mobileprovision (iOS) and .provisionprofile (OS X) files
• CertQuickLook - preview various unprotected certificate tokens like X509 certificates, DER or PEM

Tip

Run this in your terminal to allow text selection in the Quick Look window:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool true && killall Finder

License

To the extent possible under law, Sindre Sorhus has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. This work is published from: Norway.