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title: Install Spacebar Quick Preview on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Spacebar Quick Preview for Linux - Spacebar
  instant file previewer for images, PDFs, docs, audio & archives
url: https://snapcraft.io/spacebar-quick-preview
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# Spacebar Quick Preview

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* [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.0.0

Install latest/stable of Spacebar Quick Preview

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install spacebar-quick-preview
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* spacebar-quick-preview

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 14 November 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/spacebar-quick-preview#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/spacebar-quick-preview#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/spacebar-quick-preview#tab-security)

#### Spacebar instant file previewer for images, PDFs, docs, audio & archives

A lightweight Linux alternative to QuickLook for instant Spacebar file
previews and metadata inspection. Independent open-source Linux tool, not
affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Paddy Xu or QL-Win.

FEATURES
• Tab 0 — Preview Stage & Spacebar Quick Peek: Browse folders starting from
your real home directory or removable media; press Space or Enter on any
file to pop open an instant lightweight preview window, or view live in
the embedded Preview Stage. Supports images (zoom, fit-to-window, 100%,
JPEG EXIF IFD metadata), PDFs (page count and extracted text via PyPDF2),
DOCX, XLSX, ODT, ODS, EML, Markdown (rendered or raw), syntax-highlighted
source code, audio ID3/FLAC/WAV tag inspection, archive entry listings
(.zip, .7z, .tar.zst, .tar.\*, .rar), and instant offset/ASCII Hex Dump
toggle for binaries.
• Tab 1 — Batch & Metadata Inspector: Queue multiple files or folders to
inspect image EXIF, audio tags, PDF properties, and stream-computed MD5,
SHA-256, and CRC32 checksums with CSV and TXT report export.
• Tab 2 — Preview Rules & Settings: Configure maximum preview size limit,
hex dump byte cap, default zoom mode, preview font size, extension filter
rules, and English / Vietnamese bilingual UI persisted locally.

SUPPORT & DONATE
• Created by Thanh Nguyen — <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

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## Install Spacebar Quick Preview on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/spacebar-quick-preview/ubuntu)