Flatsonar

Kiview

by Nyre

Quick file preview

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0 v1.1

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About

Kiview lets you quickly preview various file types (text, images, videos, etc.) in Dolphin without opening the default app. Similar applications are Apple's Quick Look and Gnome Sushi.

Supported file types:

.txt,.sh,.json,.pdf,.doc,.docx,.odt,.ods,.xlsx,.xls,.csv,.odp,.ppt,.pptx,.png,.jpg,.jpeg,.jxl,.kra,.svgz,.svg,.mp4,.mp3,.webm,.zip,.gz,.xz,.rar

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • read-only access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host:ro
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings
  • talks to org.kde.*
    --talk-name=org.kde.*
  • talks to org.kde.klipper
    --talk-name=org.kde.klipper

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source
    source:prebuilt
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.