Tim's Markdown Reader
A free, offline Markdown viewer for Mac. Open, read, close.
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A minimal Markdown reader for macOS, built in Swift. Read notes, plans and reports from AI coding agents without opening a code editor. Renders tables, code blocks, task lists, footnotes, local images and Mermaid diagrams offline. Search text, follow links between Markdown files in the same window, and see changes reload automatically. Supports light and dark mode. No account, no telemetry, and no changes to your documents. Free and MIT licensed. Requires Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.
PH · launched Sep 22, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 0 views
Niche: markdown editors and viewers · 163 launches, 18 in the last 7 days ▲ +157% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Productivity
- Software Engineering
- GitHub
- Vibe coding
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More like this: all 163 launches in markdown editors and viewers →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a minimal native macOS viewer that renders local Markdown files via existing open-source parsers, WebKit, and Mermaid.js.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 592 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #232 of 593 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 328 days after the earliest competitor.
- A fast, offline Markdown viewer for macOS built in Swift · hn · 2026-09-22 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.85
- Markdown for Mac · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.68
- MuM · ph · 2026-09-28 · 93 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Markly · ph · 2026-09-25 · 62 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Lisible · ph · 2026-10-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Markdown Editor and Reader for Mac · hn · 2026-06-07 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- MarkdownViewer - Free Markdown Viewer · ph · 2026-09-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- macOS Native Markdown Reader with Vim Keybinding Using Swift · hn · 2026-06-29 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.55
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