Alternatives

Products that do what Looq, the capabilities macOS Quick Look should have shipped with does

1AF
Artful for Mac▲229
2014 · artfulmac.com
2
Capto▲179
A powerful new screen recorder and editor
2016
3GA
Glance – All-in-One Quick Look Plugin for macOS▲7
2020 · github.com
4PA
Phoenix – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript▲153
2020 · github.com
5P2
Phoenix 2.6 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript▲183
2018 · github.com
6CA
Create a custom macOS app from a group of websites▲170
2020 · github.com
7PM
Pasly – Make every ⌘V smarter on macOS▲5
Jul 2026 · pasly.app
8
Pico▲125
A stupidly simple and blazing fast, flat file CMS
2014
9PF
Podman for macOS – A Front-End for Podman▲50
2021 · github.com
10MA
Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for macOS▲106
2017 · marta.yanex.org
11WM
Watercooler – macOS Zoom alternative (no Electron, hi-res video)▲45
2020 · getwatercooler.io
12VB
Viso – Beautiful minimal image viewer for macOS▲14
2019 · getviso.app
13JA
jmc – a new open-source macOS media organizer▲32
2017 · jcm93.github.io
14LT
Linuxify – Transform the MacOS CLI into a GNU/Linux CLI Experience▲30
2018 · github.com
15SS
Snappy, Secure, On-Device OCR for macOS▲9
2020 · frankbyte.com
16OP
OSX port of the Light, Efficient Network Simulator (LENS)▲10
2011 · hbrouwer.github.com
17CA
Create a DMG for your macOS app in seconds▲6
2017 · github.com
18BM
BeardedSpice: Mac Media Keys for the Masses▲15
2014 · beardedspice.com
19HM
HaC Mini, a Full Featured Mac Mini Hackintosh▲16
2019 · osy.gitbook.io
20JA
Jarvey - a local JARVIS for MacOS▲5
Mar 2026 · github.com
21GM
GhostVM – macOS containers on Apple Silicon▲7
Mar 2026 · ghostvm.org
22AM
A modern macOS markdown editor (work in progress)▲9
2018 · github.com
23MD
Mole – Deep clean and optimize your Mac▲6
Dec 2025 · github.com
24IM
I made a macOS app to save your apps for later▲6
2022 · getlater.app

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