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Summary
AI summaryNative macOS markdown previewer adds live split-pane editing, GitHub Flavored Markdown support, syntax highlighting, linting, QuickLook integration and export to HTML/PDF.
Full changelog
MarkView v1.0.0
Native macOS markdown preview app. No Electron, no web server — just a fast, lightweight previewer that renders GitHub Flavored Markdown.
Features
- Live preview with split-pane editor and WKWebView rendering
- GitHub Flavored Markdown via Apple's swift-cmark (tables, strikethrough, autolinks, task lists)
- Syntax highlighting for 18 languages via Prism.js
- Markdown linting with 9 built-in rules and status bar diagnostics
- Lint popover — click lint counts to see details, one-click Fix All
- QuickLook extension — preview .md files in Finder
- File watching with DispatchSource (works with VS Code, Vim, and other editors)
- Multi-format support via plugin architecture (Markdown, CSV, HTML)
- HTML sanitizer that strips scripts, event handlers, and XSS vectors
- Auto-save with configurable interval
- Format-on-save via auto-fix
- Export to HTML and PDF
- Dark mode support with system/light/dark theme options
Install
git clone https://github.com/paulhkang94/markview.git
cd markview
swift build -c release
bash scripts/bundle.sh --install
Requirements
- macOS 13+ (Ventura or later)
- Swift 6.1+ (included with Xcode Command Line Tools)
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About paulhkang94/markview
Native macOS markdown preview app with MCP server. Open and render Markdown files in MarkView directly from AI assistants via `npx mcp-server-markview`.
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Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]