sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins resource
List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4652
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 39
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
18753 stars · 548 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A curated awesome-list of Quick Look plugins for macOS that let developers preview file types like Markdown, JSON, archives, and plain text directly in Finder. It includes Homebrew install commands and setup notes for newer macOS versions.
Use cases
- preview markdown files in macos finder
- view json files with quick look
- preview plain text files without extensions on mac
- find quick look plugins for developers
- preview archives and installer packages in finder
- enable video thumbnails in macos quick look
When to choose
- you are a macOS developer wanting richer Finder file previews
- you want a curated, maintained list of Quick Look plugins with install instructions
When to avoid
- you are on Windows or Linux
- you need a single tool rather than a directory of links to third-party plugins
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
developer-tools file-system markdown json pdf video-processing image-processing operating-systems developer-tools awesome-lists files quick-look macos-plugins file-preview curated-list homebrew macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins · fetched 2026-08-28 · f529cd35b0ac
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins | main | 75 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins")
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