Poka Universal File Preview
Open any building-engineering file in your browser, without the software and without uploading it. IDF, OSM, DWG, IFC, gbXML, Grasshopper and 1,000+ more.
Open any building-engineering file in your browser, without the software and without uploading it. IDF, OSM, DWG, IFC, gbXML, Grasshopper and 1,000+ more.
Drop a file into the web app and look at it. No installer, and no licence for the software that made the file.
Simulation inputs, BIM and CAD models, and parametric scripts, including IDF, OSM, DWG, IFC, gbXML and Grasshopper files.
Depth varies by format, from a metadata card to a full render. The 50+50 page lists 100 priority formats and which of them have been checked on real files.
Format parsers run as WebAssembly modules, each isolated from the others. In the desktop app, images, PDF and media are handled by the system webview, ffmpeg and libmpv, which sit outside that isolation.
Preview from the file manager on Windows (Ctrl+Space) and on Linux with GNOME. There is no macOS build yet, and the installers are not yet code-signed.
Poka is in private beta. Leave your email and we will tell you when it opens.
macOS has Quick Look, Windows has PowerToys Peek, and Linux has gnome-sushi (GNOME only). They are separate tools with separate plug-in systems. Poka is a different kind of tool: a browser app first, with a desktop app for Windows and Linux.
| Feature | macOS Quick Look | QL-Win | PowerToys Peek | Poka |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| macOS | ✓ | — | — | Browser only (no desktop build yet) |
| Linux | — | — | — | ✓ (GNOME) |
| In a browser, nothing to install | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Plugin system | .appex (Xcode) | C# DLL | none | Wasm modules |