View .md files
instantly
Native macOS viewer for .md files
Real typography, Quick Look ready
Free beta v0.1.0 — 3.2 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
3.2 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.
Never. No accounts, no analytics, no update pings. Glance reads files from disk and stops there.
Viewing markdown stays free for personal use. We might add paid features later. Basic viewing never goes behind a paywall.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) and later. Apple Silicon and Intel run the same universal binary. iPad and iOS are not on the roadmap.
