CAR Viewer

A macOS application to view and explore Assets.car files from iOS and macOS applications.

Features

• Browse assets from Assets.car files
• View images with different scales (@1x, @2x, @3x)
• View colors with light/dark appearance variants
• View data assets including PDFs
• Export assets to disk

Credits

This project is inspired by and builds upon the excellent work of Timac:

• Reverse Engineering the .car File Format - Deep dive into understanding the CAR file structure
• QuickLook Plugin to Visualize .car Files - Original implementation for visualizing CAR files

Special thanks to Timac for the groundbreaking research and code that made this project possible.

Requirements

• macOS 15.0+
• Xcode 16.0+

Build

1. Clone the repository
2. Open QLCARFilesApp.xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Build and run

Usage

1. Launch the app
2. Open an Assets.car file (⌘O)
3. Browse and explore the assets
4. Export individual assets or all assets

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.