Looq: Preview Files for Mac
A better look at your files.
Looq turns Finder's Quick Look into a powerful preview tool. Select any file, press Space, and see it rendered beautifully right where you are. Even large files preview smoothly.
MARKDOWN
- GitHub Flavored Markdown with tables, task lists, and alerts
- KaTeX math formulas and Mermaid diagrams
- Table of contents with active heading highlight as you scroll
- Syntax-highlighted code blocks with one-click copy
- Live reload: save a file and the preview updates instantly
- Emoji shortcodes and TextBundle support
CODE
- Syntax highlighting for 190+ programming languages
- Auto language detection from extensions, shebang lines, and content
- Auto-formatting for JSON, CSS, JavaScript, XML, and SQL
- Line numbers, word wrap, and configurable tab width
DATA
- TSV displayed as sortable native tables
- SQLite databases with table switching and column metadata
- Diff/Patch files with color-coded additions and removals
ARCHIVES & FOLDERS
- Browse ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2 contents without extracting
- Directory tree with sortable columns and file metadata
THEMES & CUSTOMIZATION
- Independent light and dark themes for both Markdown and code
- Custom fonts, sizes, and weights
- Scroll position memory across previews
- Remote image caching for Markdown files
- Configurable metadata bar with file size, dates, and type
Built natively for macOS. No new app to manage. Just a better Quick Look, right in Finder.
