Marked
Shares rank 4 of 5 markdown viewers by recommenders
Long-time users recommend it for clipping web pages to Markdown and say it is very light. The most common caveat is that it is somewhat slow.
Long-time users recommend it for clipping web pages to Markdown and say it is very light. The most common caveat is that it is somewhat slow.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: 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 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Clips web pages to Markdown
“can clip any web page to Markdown and then do whatever you want with it”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Websites Should Be Printable” Long-time satisfied customers
“I've been a satisfied customer of Marked for years.”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “Ghostmd: Ghostty but for Markdown Notes” Very light
“marked is very light, but a bit on the slower side”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Astro 7.0”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Somewhat slow
“marked is very light, but a bit on the slower side”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Astro 7.0”
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 | — | — |
| MarkedThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Markdown Viewer and Editor | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“can clip any web page to Markdown and then do whatever you want with it”
“marked is very light, but a bit on the slower side”
“I've been a satisfied customer of Marked for years.”
“both kept rendering each line as regular text”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.