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    "path": "readme.md",
    "content": "# Quick Look plugins [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)\n\n> List of useful [Quick Look](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look) plugins for developers\n\n## Install\n\n### Using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)\n\n- Run `brew install <package>`\n\n##### Catalina notes\n\nTo get many plugins working in Catalina and later, you will need to remove the quarantine attribute.\n\nRun this to see the attributes:\n\n```\nxattr -r ~/Library/QuickLook\n```\n\nAnd run this to remove the attributes:\n\n```\nxattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine ~/Library/QuickLook\n```\n\n### Manually\n\n- Click \"download manually\"\n- Move the downloaded .qlgenerator file to `~/Library/QuickLook`\n- Run `qlmanage -r`\n\n## Plugins\n\n### [QLStephen](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen)\n\n> Preview plain text files without or with unknown file extension. Example: README, CHANGELOG, index.styl, etc.\n\nRun `brew install qlstephen` or [download manually](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen/releases/latest)\n\n[![](screenshots/QLStephen.png)](https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen)\n\n### [QLMarkdown](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown)\n\n> Preview Markdown files\n\nRun `brew install --cask qlmarkdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown/releases/latest)\n\n[![](screenshots/QLMarkdown.png)](https://github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown)\n\n### [QuickLookJSON](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html)\n\n> Preview JSON files\n\n[Download manually](http://www.sagtau.com/media/QuickLookJSON.qlgenerator.zip)\n\n[![](screenshots/QuickLookJSON.png)](http://www.sagtau.com/quicklookjson.html)\n\n### [BetterZipQL](https://macitbetter.com/downloads/)\n\n> Preview archives\n\n> Note: The BetterZipQL plugin was integrated with the BetterZip app.\n\nRun `brew install betterzip` to install the BetterZip app and its Quick Look plugin or [download manually](https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip.zip)\n\nThe legacy BetterZipQL plugin can be [downloaded here](https://macitbetter.com/dl/BetterZipQL-1.5.zip).\n\n[![](screenshots/BetterZipQL.png)](https://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator/)\n\n### [Suspicious Package](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/)\n\n> Preview the contents of a standard Apple installer package\n\nRun `brew install suspicious-package` or [download manually](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/downloads/SuspiciousPackage.xip)\n\n[![](screenshots/SuspiciousPackage.png)](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/)\n\n### [Apparency](https://www.mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/)\n\n> Preview the contents of a macOS app\n\nRun `brew install apparency` or [download manually](https://mothersruin.com/software/downloads/Apparency.dmg)\n\n[![](screenshots/Apparency.png)](https://mothersruin.com/software/Apparency/)\n\n### [QLVideo](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo)\n\n> Preview most types of video files, as well as their thumbnails, cover art and metadata\n\nRun `brew install qlvideo` or [download manually](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo/releases/latest)\n\n[![](screenshots/QLVideo.png)](https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo)\n\n### [Source Code Preview](https://anybox.ltd/source-code-preview) 💰\n\n> Includes 10+ color themes and syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, including JavaScript, Python, Java, CSS, and JSON.\n\nPurchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/source-code-preview/id6759270528).\n\n[![](screenshots/SourceCodePreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/source-code-preview)\n\n### [Peek](https://bigzlabs.com/peek) 💰\n\n> Peek allows you to copy and find text, jump to line numbers, render Github-flavored Markdown with a generated table of contents, restore scroll positions, highlight syntax, & more in the Quick Look previews of over 300 file extensions.\n\nPurchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/peek-quick-look-extension/id1554235898).\n\n*The app is abandoned and buggy, but still functional.*\n\n[![](screenshots/Peek.png)](https://bigzlabs.com/peek)\n\n### [Folder Preview](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview) 💰\n\n> Quick look inside folders and archives.\n\nPurchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/folder-preview/id6698876601).\n\n[![](screenshots/FolderPreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/folder-preview)\n\n### [FluxMarkdown](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown)\n\n> Preview Markdown files with Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, GFM support, and interactive table of contents.\n\nRun `brew tap xykong/tap && brew install --cask flux-markdown` or [download manually](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown/releases/latest)\n\n[![](screenshots/FluxMarkdown.png)](https://github.com/xykong/flux-markdown)\n\n### [Markdown Preview](https://anybox.ltd/markdown-preview) 💰\n\n> Quick look Markdown files with KaTex and Mermaid support.\n\nPurchase on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/markdown-preview-quick-look/id6739955340).\n\n[![](screenshots/MarkdownPreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/markdown-preview)\n\n### [EPS Preview](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview) 💰\n\n> EPS Preview adds Quick Look and thumbnails of EPS files to Finder.\n\nPurchase on the [website](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview).\n\n[![](screenshots/EPSPreview.png)](https://anybox.ltd/eps-preview)\n\n### [ProvisionQL](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL)\n\n> Preview iOS / macOS app and provision information\n\nRun `brew install provisionql` or [download manually](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL/releases/latest)\n\n[![](screenshots/ProvisionQL.png)](https://github.com/ealeksandrov/ProvisionQL)\n\n### [WebP](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook)\n\n> Preview WebP images\n\n> NOTE: This is already covered by `qlImageSize`, so this plugin is listed here only in case you do not like `qlImageSize`.\n\nRun `brew install webpquicklook` or [download manually](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook/releases/latest)\n\n[![](screenshots/WebP.png)](https://github.com/dchest/webp-quicklook)\n\n### [SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight)\n\n> Preview many different source code files\n\nRun `brew install --cask --no-quarantine syntax-highlight` or [download manually](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight/releases/latest)\n\n[![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8471055/118415204-5f53fc80-b6a9-11eb-93d8-b88c442c5744.png)](https://github.com/sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight)\n\n**Note:** This might overwrite some other Quick Look plugins.\n\n## License\n\n[![CC0](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/cc-zero.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)\n\nTo the extent possible under law, [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.\n"
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