Marky
Ranked 3 of 5 markdown viewers by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not 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: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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
Useful for previewing Markdown files
“That is amazingly useful tool I didn't know about until now”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Don't be fooled–LLMs don't reason” “Try running it through Marky and then previewing”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Don't be fooled–LLMs don't reason”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Built on a web view
“Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a web view.”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding” “Since when is JavaScript native?”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding”
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 | — | — |
| MarkyThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
| Marked | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Markdown Viewer and Editor | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Both Marky and Textise work in some places where the other doesn't.”
“That is amazingly useful tool I didn't know about until now”
“Try running it through Marky and then previewing”
“With it being its own application I can quickly use spotlight search to focus the window instead of needing to dig through my browser tabs to find it”
“I don't think having this in a separate window adds value.”
“Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a web view.”
“Since when is JavaScript native?”
“seems like vscode + preview is nearly the same?”
“lack of ability to adjust text size”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.