About
MacMD Viewer is a dedicated Markdown reader for the Mac. It renders .md files with formatted headings, code blocks, tables and Mermaid diagrams, the way Preview renders PDFs, so you can read what you or an AI agent wrote without opening a full editor. Press Space in Finder and it previews the file through QuickLook, and it live-reloads in about 50 milliseconds as the file changes.
Syntax highlighting, zoomable diagrams and tables, and a set of document themes (GitHub, Dracula, Nord and more) round it out. It is a one-time purchase from $19.99 for one Mac, with a Family Pack and team pricing, no subscription and no account, and a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Alternatives
- QLMarkdown
Pick QLMarkdown if you only want rendered Markdown when you press Space in Finder: it is a free, open-source Quick Look extension, though not a standalone viewer.
- Obsidian
Pick Obsidian if you want to write and link Markdown notes as well as read them: it is free without limits and runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android.
At a Glance
- Requires
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel
- Price
- $19.99, one-time, for one Mac; $39.99 for 3 Macs. No free trial, 14-day money-back guarantee
- Get It From
- macmdviewer.com, Homebrew or Setapp
Curator's Note
“The read-only counterpart to the Markdown editors: built for looking, not writing, and it renders straight from Finder.”
Theo, Mac Dept.
