Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more

Preview documents, videos, music, and more with a mouse hover.

What is Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more?

Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more is a Chrome extension developed by Corbin Davenport, and its main feature is "Preview documents, videos, music, and more with a mouse hover.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Peek is a browser extension that shows previews for links to files and supported services in web pages. Just hover your mouse over a link, and Peek will display a small popup with an interactive preview of the link's content.

Peek can show previews for PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, YouTube video links, audio files, Google Docs, and much more. It uses the browser's built-in rendering features, in combination with the Google Docs Viewer, Microsoft Office Web Viewer, and other third-party embedded viewers to display rich previews.

Supported file types:
- PDF, TXT, and RTF documents
- WebM, MP4, M4V, OGG, OGV, and Imgur GIFV video
- MP3, M4A, OGA, OGG, and WAV audio
- Word documents (.doc, .docx)
- Excel spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx)
- PowerPoint files (.ppt, .pptx)
- OpenDocument files (.odt, .ods, etc.)
- JPG, PNG, APNG, SVG, GIF, ICO, and BMP images

Supported links:
- Google Docs links
- iCloud Keynote links
- YouTube videos and Shorts
- Reddit links
- Imgur links
- TikTok videos
- Mastodon posts
- Facebook posts
- Instagram posts and reels
- Threads posts
- Spotify tracks, albums, and podcast episodes

Peek is open source under the GPL license. The code is available here:
https://github.com/corbindavenport/peek                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more
ID bfpogemllmpcpclnadighnpeeaegigjk
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/peek-preview-pdfs-office/bfpogemllmpcpclnadighnpeeaegigjk
Description Preview documents, videos, music, and more with a mouse hover.
File Size 197 KB
Installation Count 3,005
Current Version 6.0
Last Updated 2023-11-06
Publish Date 2019-07-06
Rating 3.83/5 Total 18 Ratings
Developer Corbin Davenport
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/corbindavenport/peek
Help Page URL https://github.com/corbindavenport/peek/issues
Supported Languages en-US
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