MDViewer: Markdown Reader

Edit, preview and export .md

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

MDViewer opens any Markdown file and shows it the way it was meant to be read: real headings, clean typography, syntax-highlighted code, proper tables, and images in place. When something needs changing, switch to the editor, type, and save straight back to the file on disk. It is a native macOS app — not a browser in a wrapper. It launches instantly, uses the fonts and appearance your Mac already uses, and works with the files you already have. No account, no subscription, no internet connection. READ • Formatted rendering of headings, lists, tables, block quotes, links and images • Syntax highlighting for code blocks in 18 languages: Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, C, C++, Objective-C, C#, PHP, shell, SQL, JSON, YAML and TOML • Front matter from Obsidian, Jekyll and Hugo shown as a table of its keys and values, not as stray heading text • GitHub-style callouts — [!NOTE], [!TIP], [!IMPORTANT], [!WARNING] and [!CAUTION] • Footnotes collected and numbered at the foot of the document, with a link back to where you were reading • Tick task-list checkboxes directly in the reader — the change is written back into the file • Adjustable text size and content width, so a long document stays comfortable • Light, dark, or follow the system appearance • Word count, reading time, lines of code, tables and images for the open document • Find in document, with next and previous match on ⌘G and ⇧⌘G • The open document reloads by itself when another app writes to it — a build script, an editor, a sync client — and warns you instead of overwriting if you have unsaved edits IN FINDER • Quick Look — press the space bar on a Markdown file and read it formatted, without opening the app • Open With hands the document to your real editor; MDViewer remembers the one you pick • Reveal in Finder, Copy Path, and Always on Top (⌃⌘T) to keep a document in sight while you work elsewhere BROWSE A FOLDER • Open a whole folder and move between its Markdown files from the sidebar • Filter the sidebar by file name, or search the text inside every document in the folder • Refresh the folder with ⌘R after files are added or renamed outside the app EDIT IN PLACE • A real Markdown editor with the source syntax highlighted as you type • Live preview alongside the editor, so you see the result while you write • Keyboard shortcuts for bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, links, headings, bullet and numbered lists, quotes and code blocks • Continuation of lists and quotes on the next line, the way you would expect • Save writes back to the original file — nothing is imported into a private library and nothing is converted EXPORT AND SHARE • Export as HTML or PDF • Copy as rich text, ready to paste into Mail, Notes, Pages or a chat window • Copy the generated HTML source for a CMS or a static site • Print with the same typography you read on screen PRIVACY MDViewer collects nothing. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no network features at all — remote images are never fetched, they are shown as a placeholder you can choose to open in your browser. Your documents never leave your Mac. The app is sandboxed and only ever touches the files and folders you open yourself. GOOD FOR READMEs and changelogs, developer documentation, research and meeting notes, drafts and blog posts, static-site content, notes exported from any Markdown app, and anything else sitting on disk as .md. Supports .md, .markdown, .mdown and .mkd, plus plain text files. Requires macOS 15 or later. Universal — runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sudoswisshub.github.io/MDViewerLegal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://sudoswisshub.github.io/MDViewerLegal/privacy.html

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Markdown that other apps render but MDViewer used to show as noise now renders properly — and previews arrive system-wide. QUICK LOOK • Press the space bar on any Markdown file in Finder and read it formatted, without opening the app • Previews use the same typography and syntax highlighting as the reader, and work from Spotlight and Mail attachments too NEW MARKDOWN SUPPORT • Front matter — the YAML or TOML block at the top of notes from Obsidian, Jekyll and Hugo is shown as a tidy table of its keys and values, instead of a stray rule and a heading made of your metadata • Callouts — GitHub-style [!NOTE], [!TIP], [!IMPORTANT], [!WARNING] and [!CAUTION] blocks render as colored callouts rather than a quotation with a tag stuck on the front • Footnotes — [^1] markers become superscript links, and the notes are collected and numbered at the foot of the document, each with a link back to where you were reading • All three also appear in exported HTML, in copied rich text, and in printed PDFs OPEN ELSEWHERE • Open With hands the document to your real editor — the list is the editors actually installed on your Mac, and MDViewer remembers the one you pick • Reveal in Finder, and Copy Path for when the next thing you do is type it into a terminal • Share the Markdown source itself, so Mail, Messages and Notes get the text rather than a file attachment WINDOW AND SYSTEM • Always on Top (⌃⌘T) keeps a document in sight while you work in another app • mdviewer:// links open a file or folder straight from a browser, a script, or another app • MDViewer can offer to become the app your Mac opens Markdown files with

The developer, Alice-Georgiana TURCANU, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Seller
    Alice-Georgiana TURCANU
    Size
    1 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • MDViewer Pro (Lifetime) $39.99
    • MDViewer Pro (Monthly) $2.99
    • MDViewer Pro (Yearly) $19.99
    Copyright
    © 2026 Alice-Georgiana Turcanu