Markdown Viewer

Open a Markdown file and see it rendered as a formatted document.

Reading Markdown as it's meant to look

A Markdown file is plain text sprinkled with formatting marks, so opening one directly shows you the hashes and asterisks rather than the headings and bold text they represent. This renders a Markdown file properly, turning those marks into a formatted document you can actually read — headings, lists, links, code blocks and all.

Drop in a Markdown file and it is displayed as formatted text.

Viewer, editor or preview

There is a tool for each way of working with Markdown. This viewer opens an existing .md file and shows it formatted, ideal for reading a README or a document someone sent you. The editor is for writing Markdown from scratch with a live result, and the preview is for pasting in a snippet to check it renders. Pick the viewer when you have a file and simply want to read it the way it was meant to appear.

Common questions

What does the viewer do?

It renders a Markdown file into a formatted document — headings, lists, links and code — instead of showing the raw marks.

How is it different from the Markdown editor?

The editor is for writing with a live preview; the viewer opens an existing file and displays it formatted.

Is my file uploaded?

No. It is rendered in your browser.

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