Glance
Preview .md files instantly with quick look
Glance launched on May 15, 2026 with 81 votes, #462 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Glance is a fully free native macOS Quick Look extension for Markdown files. Press Space on anymd file in Finder and get an instant, cleanly rendered preview instead of raw syntax. Built for developers working with README files, CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, specs, notes, and AI-generated docs. Supports tables, code blocks, links, images, LaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, and smart zoom. Works fully offline, weighs only 8.3 MB, and has zero telemetry.
Native macOS viewer for .md files. Real typography, Quick Look ready, no editor chrome.
This is going to live in my workflow. Quick Look extension is the right surface. Most markdown viewers overshoot by being full apps. Mermaid + LaTeX in 8MB is impressive; lightweight previewers usually strip both. Honestly surprised macOS doesn't ship this natively at this point. Opening Cursor or VS Code just to read a README is a small friction I hit ten times a day. Thanks for the product! Download the DMG above and drop Glance into /Applications. Open it once so macOS picks up the Quick Look preview. Preview doesn't render markdown, and TextEdit shows you raw asterisks and pound signs. Glance renders the page. Reading is free forever, with no account to create. Editing is Glance Pro: a…from glance.md
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