Peek Try the demo

Peek is a free Chrome extension that opens links in a card on top of the current page. Shift+click a link to peek at it. Press Esc to close it, or open it as a tab to keep it.

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Coming soon to the Chrome Web Store. Chrome on Mac and Windows.

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Peek is for Chrome on desktop

Hold Shift and click any link in this window. It behaves the same way as Chrome with Peek installed.

readinglist.example/saved

Saved for later

Things I want to read this week.

  • Small Kitchen

    For Thursday. Check if it needs cream.

  • Slow Routes

    Maybe for the trip in March?

  • Desk Notes

    Sam sent this. Probably about me.

Links without the tab mess

Every link and redirect opens another tab, and most of them are only needed for a few seconds. Peek opens links in a small window over your current tab instead. Close it when you're done, or expand it into its own tab if it's worth keeping.

Tabs pile up

Every quick look at a link leaves another tab behind.

Peek opens it on top

Shift+click a link and it opens in a small window over your current tab.

Close it or keep it

Esc dismisses it. Open as tab expands it into its own tab.

What else it does

  • Keep what you started

    Open as tab carries over anything typed or expanded in the peek.

  • Auto-peek busy sites

    Turn it on for sites full of links, and plain clicks there open a peek. ⌥⇧P switches it per site.

  • Nothing leaves your browser

    Chrome asks for access to all sites because Peek has to work on any page. It has no account, no analytics and no server.

Coming soon to the Chrome Web Store

Peek is free and works in Chrome on Mac and Windows. The store link goes here as soon as the listing is approved.