Markdown Viewer and Editor
Shares rank 4 of 5 markdown viewers by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Attractive, modern styled interface
“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”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: A TUI for Markdown view an editing” “I was tired of the outdated, unstyled look of existing local markdown viewers.”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Markdown Viewer Premium – A glassmorphic, local and GitHub Markdown previewer” “Thoughtful UI. Really nice.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to see GUI look in terminal
“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”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: A TUI for Markdown view an editing”
Other markdown viewers people recommend
The four most recommended other markdown viewers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glow | 18 | 5 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| leaf Markdown viewer | 7 | 2 | 78% | 4 | — | — |
| Marky | 6 | 3 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
| Markdown Viewer and EditorThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Marked | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Most loved feature for me is the able to print/pdf the preview as-is and pre-view column width adjuster. Loved it.”
“simple easy for quick task”
“Thoughtful UI. Really nice.”
“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”
“I was tired of the outdated, unstyled look of existing local markdown viewers.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.