# Marky

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Marky and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lightweight Markdown viewer that opens quickly from Spotlight and works where similar tools don't; main caveat is no text size adjustment, and critics see little gain over an editor preview.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful for previewing Markdown files (2 comments): "That is amazingly useful tool I didn't know about until now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49934578)) "Try running it through Marky and then previewing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49933768))

## What people warn about

- Built on a web view (2 comments): "Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a web view." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47803004)) "Since when is JavaScript native?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47802563))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Marky", https://hackerapproved.com/p/marky/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).