View .md files
instantly
Native macOS viewer for .md files
Real typography, Quick Look ready
Free beta v0.1.3 — 13.1 MB
Markdown at a glance
AI agents generate mountains of .md files. Skim through their output instantly

Smart zoom into anything
Pinch to zoom around your pointer
Quick Look done right
Press space in Finder


Tiny by design
13.1 MB binary, Offline only
FAQ
Download the DMG above. Drop Glance into /Applications. Open the app once so macOS picks up Quick Look. Done.
Preview does not render markdown. TextEdit shows raw source. Glance reads the format and renders the page.
Not yet. Glance reads only by design. Editing might land in a later release. For now, write in your editor, read in Glance.
Any .md or .markdown file. Related text types render as markdown too.
No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. The only network call Glance ever makes is the update check, and only if you ask for it.
Yes. Everything Glance does today is free, forever. No trial, no paywall, no catch.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) and later. Apple Silicon and Intel run the same universal binary. iPad and iOS are not on the roadmap.