Looq upgrades Quick Look for dev files
Parcse’s Mac utility turns Quick Look into a much more capable file inspector, with Markdown rendering for KaTeX and Mermaid, syntax highlighting for 190+ languages, CSV and SQLite table views, and archive/folder browsing. It’s built in Swift, runs locally, and avoids collecting user data.
This is the kind of utility that looks modest on paper but saves real time in daily use: if you live in Finder, repos, or raw data files, Looq cuts out a lot of context switching.
- –Markdown support goes beyond basic rendering, with GFM, math, diagrams, GitHub-style alerts, and an auto-generated TOC sidebar.
- –The code viewer covers 190+ languages and adds practical touches like line numbers, custom fonts, tab width, word wrap, themes, and shebang detection.
- –CSV, TSV, SQLite, diff/patch, ZIP, TAR, and folder previews make this a broad “peek before opening” tool, not just a markdown viewer.
- –The privacy angle is a real differentiator for a file utility: local-only operation and zero analytics are strong selling points for sensitive projects.
- –It feels like a polished power-user extension more than a flashy launch, which is exactly the kind of app that becomes sticky.
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68d ago
2026-03-20
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68d ago
2026-03-20
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