Any distro · No install

Markdown viewer for Linux

Drop a .md file from your file manager onto this page and read it formatted, with tables, code and task lists. Any distro, any browser, nothing to install.

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README.md

Reading Markdown on Linux

Drop a .md file from your file manager onto this page, and it opens here, formatted.

Install

sudo apt install ripgrep
rg "TODO" --type md

Notes

  • Works in your browser
  • Nothing to install
Distro Works
Ubuntu Yes
Fedora Yes
Arch Yes
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  • Your files never leave your browser
  • Free, no sign-up
  • Download as Markdown, a web page or a PDF

This editor comes from TypeFire, free for Mac

Your whole folder of Markdown notes in tabs, Quick Look previews in Finder, plus a text expander and a clipboard manager.

Download free for Mac
How it works

Read Markdown on Linux in three steps

  1. 01

    Find the file

    A README, docs, or notes: anything ending in .md.

  2. 02

    Drop it here

    Drag it from your file manager onto the page, or use File > Open. Several open as tabs.

  3. 03

    Save if you need to

    File > Download saves Markdown, a web page or a PDF.

The same .md file as raw text and formatted in the browser, on Linux and other systems
Free for Mac and Chrome

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The same editor on your whole folder of Markdown notes, plus a text expander and a clipboard manager. On a Mac, every .md file previews in Finder when you press Space.

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A README.md previewed in Finder with Quick Look on a Mac, after pressing Space
On Linux

Reading a .md file on Linux

Markdown is plain text, so everything opens it. Only some tools show it the way it's meant to be read.

Terminal (cat, less)
What you see:The raw source, symbols and all.
Good to know:Quick, but nothing is formatted.
A text editor
What you see:The source, sometimes with syntax colors.
Good to know:Good for writing, not for reading.
This page
What you see:Fully formatted: tables, task lists, callouts, colored code.
Good to know:Tabs for many files, and PDF or HTML export.
What it does

Markdown, rendered, on any distro

No package to install, nothing to configure.

Download a document as Markdown, a web page or a PDF from the File menu

  1. Any distro

    Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch or anything else: if it runs a modern browser, it works.

  2. Code reads like code

    Fenced code blocks get syntax colors and a copy button.

  3. Tabs for many files

    Open a project's docs at once and switch between them.

  4. Export

    Save any file as a PDF or a web page.

  5. Private

    Files are read in your browser and never uploaded.

Take it further

The same editor, without the browser tab

This editor comes from TypeFire, a free app for Markdown notes, a text expander and a clipboard manager. Here it works on the files you open. In the app, it opens your whole folder.

TypeFire for Mac with several Markdown notes open in one tab bar

TypeFire for Mac

  • Press Space on any .md file in Finder and read it rendered, with Quick Look.
  • Open a folder of Markdown, an Obsidian vault included, with tabs, search and links.
  • A text expander and a clipboard history in the same free app.
Download free for MacSee the Mac app
In a browser email, typing thx and a space expands into a whole thank-you reply

TypeFire for Chrome

  • A free text expander for Chrome, Edge and Brave.
  • Type a few letters and get the whole reply, on any site.
  • Works on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS and Mac.
Add to Chrome, freeSee TypeFire for Chrome

Frequently asked questions

Still not answered?

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Open this page in your browser and drag the .md file onto it, or use File > Open.

It opens formatted, with nothing to install.

Yes, this one works on Ubuntu and every other distro, in your browser.

No. It's a web page.

No. They're read by your browser on your own computer.

Yes. File > Download > PDF opens the browser's print dialog; choose Save as PDF.

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On Linux? TypeFire works in your browser too

TypeFire for Chrome is a free text expander for every site you type on, on Linux, Windows and Chromebook.

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