PLAIN TEXT. CLEAR THINKING.
A quiet Markdown viewer.
Paste, drop a file, and see your words take shape.A live preview, right in your browser.
A clearer view.
Paste text or open a file. Your file stays local. Read, edit, or export.
| Write | Preview |
|---|---|
| Bold | Strong |
| Italic | Emphasis |
const note = "Hello, Markdown.";
Try it.
Your words, formatted.
Old new notes.[1] https://commonmark.org
Print / PDF saves a copy. ↩︎
FROM TEXT TO SOMETHING READABLE
Paste Markdown, open a file, or drop one anywhere on this page.
Edit your text and watch the formatted preview update as you go.
Copy the HTML, download your page, or print a PDF to keep.
READ THE DOCUMENT, SEE THE STRUCTURE
An MD viewer is a tool that turns Markdown text into a readable document. A file ending in .md usually contains ordinary text with simple formatting marks: hash signs for headings, asterisks for emphasis, and brackets for links. The viewer interprets those marks so you can read the structure without mentally translating the source.
People use one to check a README, review meeting notes, follow a tutorial, or read documentation sent by a colleague. A Markdown preview makes tables, lists, quotations, and code easier to scan while keeping the original text available.
GetMDView brings that reading workflow into your browser without installing another app. Open a local file or paste a passage, then switch between source and preview as needed. You can make small edits, copy the rendered HTML, or export a standalone page. Opening a document here does not change the original file or create a public sharing link.
THE USEFUL DETAILS
Everything you need
to read what you wrote.
A Markdown viewer for tables, task lists, footnotes, links and all the familiar formatting.
Use this md file viewer to open .md, .markdown, .mdown and .txt files directly from your device.
Your Markdown preview updates as you write, with syntax highlighting for common code languages.
Files are read in your browser. Your latest text is saved on this device, ready for your next visit. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle data.
Copy clean HTML, download a standalone HTML file, or print the preview to save a PDF. See our Terms of Use for usage details.
Choose light or dark, keep both panes open, or focus on a single pane on a smaller screen.
THE MARKS BEHIND THE PAGE
From a simple note
to a structured README.
Markdown documents can use different dialects. GetMDView supports the familiar building blocks below, including common GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) features. Footnotes are supported as an additional extension. The syntax column shows source fragments you can try in the editor; a complete table also needs a separator row such as | --- | --- |.
| Feature | Source example | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Headings and emphasis | # Heading, **bold**, *italic* | Read headings at their original levels, with anchors for navigation, plus bold and italic text. |
| Lists and quotations | - Item, 1. Item, > Quote | Follow ordered or unordered steps, nested lists, and quoted passages without reading the punctuation. |
| Tables · GFM | | Name | Value | | Preview pipe-delimited tables with a header, separator row, and readable body cells. |
| Task lists · GFM | - [ ] To do, - [x] Done | See checked and unchecked tasks. Edit their markers in the source to change their state. |
| Strikethrough · GFM | ~~Removed text~~ | Show deleted wording while keeping it visible for context, revisions, or completed work. |
| Automatic links · GFM | https://example.com | Turn recognized web addresses into clickable links without writing a separate link label. |
| Code blocks | ```javascript | Keep indentation and line breaks in fenced code; supported language names enable syntax highlighting. |
| Links and images | [Label](url),  | Display named links and images. Remote images may contact their hosts when the preview loads. |
| Footnotes · extension | A note[^1] and [^1]: Details | Place supporting information at the end of a document, with links between references and notes. |
For code highlighting, add a language name after the opening backticks. JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, JSON, Bash, HTML/XML, and CSS are available. Unrecognized languages and very large code blocks still appear as readable code, without coloring. A preview displays code; it does not run it.
GitHub-specific features are not all part of Markdown itself. Mermaid diagrams and mathematical notation are not rendered here, and a bare relative image path may not resolve because opening one file does not give the website access to its neighboring folders. Use a reachable image URL when appropriate. Embedded HTML is sanitized, so scripts and unsafe attributes are removed.
ONE FILE, ANY SCREEN
Use the file picker
already in your browser.
A .md file is a text document, so you do not need to convert it before reading it here. GetMDView also accepts .markdown, .mdown, and .txt files. If a document arrived in an archive, extract it first; if it arrived as an email attachment, save it where your browser can select it.
Open this page in your browser, choose Open file, and select the document from Downloads or another folder. You can also drag it from File Explorer onto the page. This gives you an md file viewer without changing which desktop app opens .md files by default.
Use Source to inspect the original text, Preview to read the formatted result, or Split to compare both. If you edit the source, the file on disk stays unchanged. Copy the text back to your usual editor when you want to save those changes as Markdown.
Select Open file and choose a document, or drag a .md file from Finder into the browser window. A Markdown file from a notes app or code repository can be read directly once it is available on your Mac. You do not need a browser extension or a separate conversion step.
For a copy that opens as a formatted web page, use Download HTML. For a document to print or send, choose Print / PDF and use the browser’s PDF destination. These actions create separate outputs and do not overwrite the source file you selected.
Tap Open file and browse to your saved document. On iPhone or iPad, downloads are usually available through the Files app; on Android, look in Downloads or your device’s file manager. The exact picker depends on your browser and device. A cloud-stored file may need to download before it can be read.
The preview opens first on smaller screens. Switch to Source when you want to paste or change text, then return to Preview for reading. If the picker does not expose the file, copy its text from another app and paste it instead. Clipboard and PDF options vary by browser, so HTML download is another way to keep the rendered result.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORKFLOW
The difference is mostly about the job you want to finish. A viewer helps you read a document or check its appearance. An editor helps you create and maintain the source over time. Many tools combine both, so the useful question is whether you need a quick view or a workspace for ongoing writing.
GetMDView includes a plain text editing pane, so you can fix a list marker, test a heading, or adjust a link while watching the Markdown preview. It does not manage a workspace or automatically write edits back to disk. Local storage remembers the latest text in this browser, but it is not a file backup or a sync service.
For longer work, keep the original Markdown in your preferred editor and use this page to check a passage or prepare HTML. When sharing results, send the exported file or the Markdown itself. Sharing the GetMDView website address alone does not share the text in your editor.
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
No. GetMDView reads files locally in your browser. Your Markdown is never uploaded to our servers, and you do not need an account. Images linked in a document may be loaded from their original websites.
Open .md, .markdown, .mdown and .txt files, or paste Markdown directly into the editor. Tables, task lists, strikethrough, automatic links, footnotes and fenced code blocks are supported.
Use Print / PDF in the preview toolbar, then choose Save as PDF in your browser’s print dialog. Only the rendered document is printed. You can also download HTML and print it later.
Your latest Markdown and theme preference are stored in this browser’s local storage. They are not synced to other devices. Use Clear to remove your saved text. Private browsing or clearing browser data may remove it too.
An MD viewer focuses on reading a formatted document; a Markdown editor focuses on writing and managing its source. The two can overlap. GetMDView lets you edit text and see the result immediately, but it does not manage project folders, sync files, or write changes back to your original .md file. Use it for quick checks and previews, and keep a dedicated editor for longer writing projects.