Use Quicklook to see the Content of .JSON files?

Question

Currently, I can use the space bar to preview a number of files such as .txt, .css, .html etc in Quick Look. I cannot, however, see the actual contents of a .json file.

Is there any possible way to see the contents of .json files through space bar preview in finder? (I'm Using OSX 10.8.4)

score 45 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 02 '23 at 17:27

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The home brew team has packaged qlstephen

brew install —-cask qlstephen

edited Dec 02 '23 at 17:27

bmike

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answered Jan 12 '15 at 15:44

johntrandall

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I had to first brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask. Works great! – nialsh Oct 20 '15 at 21:50
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brew cask install qlstephen && killall Dock works for me, thanks! – Dmitry Kolesnikovich Aug 20 '18 at 14:56
I didn't even need to killall Dock on Mojave. Thanks – Ezekiel Victor Sep 09 '19 at 18:14
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new syntax is brew install --cask qlstephen – Tudor Luca Feb 05 '21 at 13:52

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 21 '16 at 13:46

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Download a release of qlstephen from Github, and load it into the /Library/Quicklook or ~/Library/QuickLook folder. Then, restart the Dock.

I use this all the time when previewing JSON files, and it works great.

edited Jul 21 '16 at 13:46

Jari Keinänen

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answered Aug 14 '13 at 16:45

Dave

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Worked perfectly. Thanks. One thing to add for terminal n008s like myself, restart the dock with the command "killall Dock". – Paul Aug 14 '13 at 16:53
The library get's my vote simply for the answer to its' Why "QLStephen"? headline. – shennan Jul 24 '22 at 11:29

score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 01 '16 at 19:22

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You can use the quicklook-json plugin. If you want to install it via homebrew, run

brew cask install quicklook-json

which requires a running

brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask

if you never did that before.

answered Jan 01 '16 at 19:22

Karl Bartel

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Actually, vanilla brew search quicklook only returns quicklook-json as related to Json. – hectorpal Feb 10 '17 at 18:24

score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 21 '16 at 09:06

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Run brew cask install quicklook-json to Preview JSON files.

There are bunch of other usefull here, check following awesome list https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins

Or install with following

brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
brew cask install qlcolorcode qlstephen qlmarkdown quicklook-json qlprettypatch
brew cask install quicklook-csv betterzipql qlimagesize webpquicklook suspicious-package

edited Jul 21 '16 at 09:06

nohillside

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answered Jul 21 '16 at 05:07

Gaurav Gandhi

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one of the best links ever... :) wish I had some spare points to give – mlo55 Jul 21 '16 at 12:35
@mlo55 just enjoy the quick looks ! – Gaurav Gandhi Jul 21 '16 at 13:35

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 03 '18 at 10:33

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Macports provides an adequate port: sudo port install QLStephen.

answered May 03 '18 at 10:33

moala

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Use Quicklook to see the Content of .JSON files?

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