

Glance – Markdown Viewer
Glance is a tiny native Markdown viewer for macOS. Open a .md file and Glance renders it the way you wrote it, with real typography and no editor chrome. It is Quick Look-aware, meaning you can tap space in Finder to preview any markdown file instantly.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac


Glance – Markdown Viewer
Features
- Support for MarkDown
- Markdown preview
Glance – Markdown Viewer News & Activities
Recent activities
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Glance – Markdown Viewer information
What is Glance – Markdown Viewer?
Glance is a tiny native Markdown viewer for macOS. Open a .md file and Glance renders it the way you wrote it, with real typography and no editor chrome. It is Quick Look-aware, meaning you can tap space in Finder to preview any markdown file instantly. Glance runs entirely on your Mac — no accounts, no telemetry, no network calls. It supports pinch-to-zoom, works offline, and weighs just 7.9 MB. Compatible with macOS 14 (Sonoma) and later on both Apple Silicon and Intel as a universal binary. Supports .md and .markdown files, including Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX. Free to download, forever.
