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Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding

2026-04-16 | original
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Why This Matters

Marky introduces a lightweight, CLI-first Markdown viewer optimized for macOS that offers real-time rendering and a range of advanced features such as math, diagrams, and syntax highlighting. Its seamless integration with terminal workflows and live reload capabilities make it a valuable tool for developers and content creators who need instant, beautiful previews of Markdown files. This innovation enhances productivity and collaboration by simplifying how users view and edit Markdown content in real-time.

Key Takeaways

Marky

A fast, native markdown viewer for macOS built with Tauri v2, React, and markdown-it. Beautiful rendering of tables, code blocks, task lists, math, and diagrams — with live reload.

View Demo • Install • Request Features

About The Project

Marky is a desktop markdown viewer designed for one thing: opening .md files from the terminal and getting beautiful, instant rendering. Launch it with marky FILENAME to view a file or marky FOLDER to open a folder as a persistent workspace (Obsidian-style). Files reload live as they change on disk — perfect for viewing Claude-generated plans, documentation, or notes as they're being written.

Features

CLI-first — marky README.md opens a window. marky ./docs/ opens a folder.

— opens a window. opens a folder. Live reload — edits on disk (from your editor, Claude, etc.) update the view instantly.

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