Marky
Dev tools
markdown viewer
SHOW HN2026
75points
38comments
#889of 4,366 in 2026
Top 21%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Many commenters built similar markdown viewers for themselves
From 4 comments
Seems like I'm just part of the club here, but I've also been working on something similar recently. https://vantageapp.dev/ I find connecting understanding between humans and…
mschulkind on HNI did something very similar recently, just made it open source but haven't posted anywhere. https://github.com/yakkomajuri/seams Run `seams .` in any dir and get a rich markdown…
yakkomajuri on HNI built a similar thing today for my hyprland desktop! https://github.com/robinduckett/hyprmark
robinduckett on HNha, nice - had the same need, i leveraged fumadocs for the ui part https://github.com/3rd/mdreader
_andrei_ on HN
Objections
Calling a Tauri web view app native is misleading
From 3 comments
> A fast, native markdown viewer for macOS built with Tauri v2, React, and markdown-it. Since when is JavaScript native? Tauri may be using the system's web view but it's still a…
hresvelgr on HNAgreed. And since when is forking a web view “light weight” too? It might be lighter than Electron, but that’s such a low bar that it’s not a brag worth making.
hnlmorg on HNI'm a web developer too, and I would like this to be true, but it really isn't. Words have meaning. "Native" implies that you are *directly* using OS-specific API's. You are not.…
jazzypants on HN
Lacks adjustable text size and resizable columns
From 1 comment
First thing that blocks me from adopting it is lack of ability to adjust text size. I increase default text size on web pages and in my terminal. I'm old enough to need that. I…
alsetmusic on HN
Requests
Adjustable text size
From 1 comment
First thing that blocks me from adopting it is lack of ability to adjust text size. I increase default text size on web pages and in my terminal. I'm old enough to need that. I…
alsetmusic on HN
Resizable columns and sidebars
From 1 comment
First thing that blocks me from adopting it is lack of ability to adjust text size. I increase default text size on web pages and in my terminal. I'm old enough to need that. I…
alsetmusic on HN
Git integration and live update of changed files
From 1 comment
seems like vscode + preview is nearly the same? I guess my key issue is, with files getting continuously modified by coding agents, I want really good integration with git and…
zmmmmm on HN
Printing support for rendered markdown
From 1 comment
Somewhat related. I've also been generating lots of markdown files, which I've occasionally wanted to print out (so I can rest my eyes, or just read them somewhere other than my…
msluyter on HN
Questions
What does it do that Obsidian doesn't
From 1 comment
What does this do that Obsidian doesn't already do? I've found that's my typical go to for pairing with Agentic work, and supports Markdown well, alongside tons of other…
gknapp on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 1 comment
What does this do that Obsidian doesn't already do? I've found that's my typical go to for pairing with Agentic work, and supports Markdown well, alongside tons of other…
gknapp on HN
Typora
From 1 comment
Definitely appreciate this. I already have Typora which is commercial but fantastic product so I don't really need another viewer but others for sure will. Glad you used Tauri to…
desireco42 on HN
VS Code markdown preview
From 1 comment
seems like vscode + preview is nearly the same? I guess my key issue is, with files getting continuously modified by coding agents, I want really good integration with git and…
zmmmmm on HN
bat, glow, mdcat terminal viewers
From 1 comment
I tend to use 'bat' or 'glow' though I've tried 'mdlook' and 'mdcat' as well.
mech422 on HN
sdocs.dev
From 1 comment
I like the folder opening and the idea to integrate Claude is very interesting. I’m also curious to know how you did the document rendering. It looks very good. This problem has…
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