Kiview
by Nyre
Quick file preview
Support the creators
Flatsonar is just the shop window. The people below made Kiview.
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.