Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more

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

Peek: Preview PDFs & Office Files with Ease

"Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more" is a browser extension that provides interactive previews for various document types and media. Simply hover over links to see rich previews of PDFs, Word documents, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, and many other formats. This open-source add-on enhances your browsing experience by displaying previews for text documents, images, videos, and social media posts without needing to click through. Enjoy seamless access to content with Peek.

Add-on stats

Users: 900
11
Rating: 5.00
(1)
Version: 6.0 (Last updated: 2023-11-05)
Creation date: 2023-03-26
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 201.84K

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Add-on summary

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:

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Peek: Preview PDFs, Office files, and more has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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