
PreviewMarkdown
Easy Markdown file previews
Only for Mac
$2.49
Also Included In
Mac
Easy Markdown QuickLook previews and icon thumbnails.
PreviewMarkdown provides QuickLook file previews and file icon thumbnails for documents created using the popular markdown markup format.
The app provides two app extensions: Markdown Previewer and Markdown Thumbnailer, which can be viewed and managed in macOS’ System Preferences > Extensions. The app itself is simply a container for these extensions.
You must run the app first to gain these benefits.
PreviewMarkdown supports the following markdown features:
*italics* or _italics_
**bold** or __bold__
~~Strikethroughs~~
`code`
# Header 1
or
Header 1
====
## Header 2
or
Header 2
---
### Header 3
#### Header 4
##### Header 5 #####
###### Header 6 ######
Indented code blocks (spaces or tabs)
[Links](https://smittytone.net/previewmarkdown)
[Referenced Links][1]
[1]: https://smittytone.net/previewmarkdown
> Blockquotes
- Bullets
- Lists
- Including indented lists (spaces or tabs)
- Up to any number of levels (spaces or tabs)
1. Ordered
1. Lists
1. Including indented lists (spaces or tabs)
- Up to any number of levels (spaces or tabs)
20. Start lists at a specific value
```
Code blocks
```
```swift
Code blocks with language indicators — code will be highlighted if the language is known.
```
[ ] [x] Checkboxes
| Markdown | Tables |
| :---------- | ------: |
| 1 | 2 |
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• Opposites (optionally) attract. Previously if your Mac was in Dark Mode, you could choose to have previews rendered in Light Mode nonetheless. We’ve updated PreviewMarkdown so the same setting now also presents previews in Dark Mode even if your Mac is set to Light Mode. In other words, whatever mode your Mac is set to, previews are presented in the opposite way. Or just turn keep the setting switched off to have previews match your Mac’s current mode.
• Improved error checking in certain cases will hopefully mean fewer thumbnailer crashes.
• Fix truncation of feedback text to prevent loss of styling.
• Reminder: PreviewMarkdown no longer supports macOS 10.15 Catalina, and we will be ending macOS 11 Big Sur support in a forthcoming release.
The developer, Black Pyramid Software, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Antony Smith
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 11.5 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 11.5 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026, Tony Smith
