# Markdown Viewer and Editor

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Markdown Viewer and Editor and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an attractive, simple local Markdown viewer and editor with PDF printing and a column width adjuster. One commenter found it hard to judge the GUI look from the terminal.

## Why people recommend it

- Attractive, modern styled interface (3 comments): "I find it aesthetically pleasing, but if I'm correct, it's very difficult to see in the terminal how it would appear when opened in the GUI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944624)) "I was tired of the outdated, unstyled look of existing local markdown viewers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46846474)) "Thoughtful UI. Really nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49516393))

## What people warn about

- Hard to see GUI look in terminal (1 comments): "I find it aesthetically pleasing, but if I'm correct, it's very difficult to see in the terminal how it would appear when opened in the GUI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944624))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Glow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glow.md): 18 recommend
- [leaf Markdown viewer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leaf.md): 7 recommend
- [Marked](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marked.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Markdown Viewer and Editor", https://hackerapproved.com/p/markdown-viewer-and-editor/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).