Glance
A native Markdown viewer that renders .md files the way you wrote them.
FreemiumReading is free forever; $9.99 one-time unlocks editing after a 14-day trial.macOS
About
Glance is a small native Markdown viewer and editor for the Mac. Press Space on a .md file in Finder and a Quick Look preview renders it properly, headings, tables, code blocks, LaTeX, Mermaid diagrams and images included, rather than showing the raw source. Open it and you can click anywhere on the rendered page to edit, format tables cell by cell, update a diagram in place, search the document, print it, or export to PDF, with a shortcut back to the raw Markdown when you want it. It is built for the README, AGENTS.md, specs and notes that are already sitting in your folders. It needs macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon.
- Price
- Freemium, Reading is free forever; $9.99 one-time unlocks editing after a 14-day trial.
- Payment
- One-time purchase
- Platforms
- macOS
- Category
- Writing & Notes
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