--- title: Install TC Quick Preview on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of TC Quick Preview for on elementary OS - TC Quick Preview - Fast File Browser & Spacebar Multi-Format Previewer url: https://snapcraft.io/install/tc-quick-preview/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install TC Quick Preview on **elementary OS** # TC Quick Preview [TC Studio (thanhcong1902)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhcong1902 "View all snaps from TC Studio (thanhcong1902)") * [TC Studio (thanhcong1902)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhcong1902 "View all snaps from TC Studio (thanhcong1902)") [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/tc-quick-preview/elementary#install) #### TC Quick Preview - Fast File Browser & Spacebar Multi-Format Previewer TC Quick Preview is a fast desktop file browser and Spacebar instant multi-format file previewer for Linux, starting directly in your real home directory. An independent Linux alternative inspired by PowerToys Peek for instant keyboard-driven file inspection across desktop folders. Key Features: * Fast File Browser & Spacebar Peek Overlay: Navigate real directories and mounted filesystems (/proc/mounts, os.statvfs), filter files live, and press Spacebar to pop up an instant keyboard-navigable preview window. * Real Image & RGB Histogram Inspector: Render PNG, JPEG, WebP, BMP, GIF, and ICO files via Pillow with interactive zoom (Fit to 400%), 90-degree rotation, exact pixel dimensions, channel statistics, and a live 256-bin RGB + Luminance histogram. * Source, Text, Markdown & JSON Preview: Inspect UTF-8/Latin-1 code, configuration files, gzip-compressed logs, validated pretty-printed JSON, and rendered or raw line-numbered Markdown. * Real Archive Entry Browser: List real entries, sizes, compression ratios, CRC-32 checksums, and permissions inside .zip, .whl, .jar, .tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, and .deb archives, with safe extraction and archive creation. * PCM WAV Header & Waveform Plotter: Read real RIFF/WAVE PCM headers (channels, sample rate, bit depth, duration, peak/RMS dBFS) and plot the real audio waveform envelope. * Binary Hex / ASCII & SHA-256 Inspector: Paged 16-column Hex + ASCII viewer, ELF64/file-magic header identification, 256-value byte distribution chart, Shannon entropy, and streaming SHA-256, SHA-1, MD5, and CRC32 checksum verification, plus CSV/JSON/TXT report export. * Bilingual English & Vietnamese dark-themed interface with one-click language switching. Disclaimer: This project is an independent open-source utility built by TC Studio and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation. ### Package name * tc-quick-preview --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * Today - latest/stable --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/tc-quick-preview/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about tc-quick-preview ›](https://snapcraft.io/tc-quick-preview) ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install TC Quick Preview Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install TC Quick Preview To install TC Quick Preview, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install tc-quick-preview ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/tc-quick-preview/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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