READY
Prepared before hover
A bounded set of nearby thumbnails is warmed so likely previews feel immediate without downloading the whole page.
ONE-HANDED MEDIA BROWSING
See through links.
Hover a link and browse its images without leaving the page. LinkPeek quietly prepares nearby previews, then gives you stable scrolling, zoom, and grid browsing.
Chromium and Helium · Manifest V3 · no account, analytics, or LinkPeek server
TRAVEL PHOTOS · 37 MEDIAscroll to browse · pinch to zoom
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HOW IT FEELS
Hover. Move in. Keep browsing.
The preview stays where it opened while you move from the link into it. Scroll vertically through media, use the grid for an overview, and pinch or double-click to inspect details.
YOUR SPACE
Place it once
Drag the header, resize from any edge, and LinkPeek remembers the panel layout for future previews.
ONE HAND
Scroll-first controls
Scroll or use arrow controls to browse. Pinch zooms, horizontal movement scrubs, and the grid scrolls normally.
DEEP FALLBACK
Find media behind index pages
If a page is empty, an optional bounded search can inspect its linked pages while respecting depth, page, and gallery caps.
BOUNDED
Resource-aware
Shared request limits, thumbnail-first loading, decoded-memory budgets, cancellation, and Data saver keep work under control.
PRIVATE
Local by design
Preferences remain in browser storage. Preview requests go directly to destination sites and can be disabled per site.
INSTALL
Install LinkPeek.
Browsers only install extensions straight from a click when they come from a web store, so LinkPeek is loaded from a download.
Download and unzipMove the
LinkPeek folder somewhere it can stay, such as Documents.Open
chrome://extensions Paste the address into the address bar and turn on Developer mode.Load unpackedChoose the
LinkPeek folder. To update later, replace its contents and press reload; your settings stay.Practice the controlsThe first-run guide lets you choose scroll direction and a loading preset.
Helium can install LinkPeek with a click once one setting allows it.
Allow installs from a click (once)Open
chrome://flags/#extension-mime-request-handling , set it to Always prompt for install and restart the browser.Click Install LinkPeekApprove the prompt. When a new version comes out, click it again to update; your settings stay.
Practice the controlsThe first-run guide lets you choose scroll direction and a loading preset.
You are on this browser. LinkPeek runs in desktop Chromium browsers: Helium, Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera. Open this page in one of them to install it.
OPEN SOURCE
Inspect every request.
The extension, permissions, tests, and release workflow are public.