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Markdown Preview

Read beautifully. Built natively.

Markdown Preview rendering a README on a MacBook Pro

Designed to disappear. Built to feel native.

Markdown Preview rendering a Markdown document natively on macOS

Feels native. Designed for the Mac with the polish of a system app. It opens instantly, needs no account or setup, and respects every shortcut you already know. Install it once and forget it's there.

Markdown Preview document outline sidebar showing every heading as a navigable list

Find your place. Every heading becomes a navigable table of contents. Click to jump between sections, or scroll naturally — the active heading follows you down the page.

Quick Look preview of a Markdown file in Finder

Just press space. On any .md file in Finder, the bundled Quick Look extension renders the document inline. Spotlight previews use the same renderer.

Open With picker showing Typora, Xcode, Cursor, Zed, TextEdit and Numbers as Markdown editors

Edit when you're ready. When you want to write, Markdown Preview hands off to your editor of choice — VS Code, Cursor, Zed, Sublime, or any other Markdown-aware app. The picker remembers your last choice.

Questions before you install.

What is Markdown Preview for?
It is a reader for Markdown files on macOS. Open a file, browse the rendered document, jump through the outline, and hand off to your editor when you want to make changes.
How is it different from Typora or Marked?
Markdown Preview is focused on reading, Quick Look, and opening files from Finder. It is not trying to replace your editor; it sits beside VS Code, Cursor, Zed, Sublime, or whichever app you already use to write Markdown.
Does it work with Finder previews?
Yes. The bundled Quick Look extension renders Markdown directly from Finder, so pressing Space on a .md file shows the formatted document without opening an editor.
Is it free?
Yes. Markdown Preview is free, open source, and MIT licensed. Downloads are distributed as a DMG through GitHub Releases.

Free. Open source.
Built for the Mac.

Requires macOS 15 or later