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@debabsah debabsah released this 14 Jun 06:05
v1.0.0
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The first public release of viewmd, a fast, native macOS Markdown viewer built for the age of AI. Think of it as Preview for Markdown: open, read, done.

Highlights

Reading

  • GitHub Flavored Markdown, rendered edge to edge
  • Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math, inline and fully offline
  • Raw HTML rendered and sanitized, so README banners, tables, and details blocks display like they do on GitHub
  • Local images, a frontmatter card, and a document outline for jumping between headings
  • Reading statistics: word count and reading time

Live and safe

  • Live reload: files re-render as they change on disk, with scroll position preserved and a watch indicator
  • Never clobbers your edits: external changes raise a banner instead of overwriting unsaved work

Workspace

  • A collapsible, resizable file tree for browsing a whole folder
  • Tabs in the title bar, a persistent sidebar toggle, and Files / Outline panes
  • Filter the tree (Cmd+P), find in the document (Cmd+F), and a home screen with recents
  • Quick Look: press Space on a .md file in Finder to see it rendered, not as raw source

Make it yours

  • Whole-shell theming: eight bundled themes restyle the entire app, not just the document
  • Font packs (Theme default, Serif, Mono) and a custom font picker
  • Your own CSS and a small set of power-user settings

Share and integrate

  • Export to PDF, print, or copy as HTML or rich text
  • Open from the command line: viewmd notes.md, viewmd docs/, or bare viewmd for the current folder
  • Set viewmd as the default app for .md files

Install

This is a source release. Requirements: macOS 14 or newer, Xcode 15 or newer, Node 18 or newer, and XcodeGen (brew install xcodegen).

make app    # build the web pipeline and the app
make run    # build and launch

The built app lands in .build/Build/Products/Release/viewmd.app. Copy it to /Applications.

Prebuilt, notarized binaries are planned for a future release.

Privacy

viewmd renders everything on your machine, offline. It does not phone home and collects no analytics. Your files never leave your computer.

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