Markdown, rendered the way you meant it.
MDown is a small native reader for markdown files. It opens instantly,
scrolls a whole document without pagination, renders embedded HTML, and
sizes table columns to their contents. Press Ctrl+E and the
source appears beside the render, so you can fix a line and watch it
change.
curl -fsSL https://mdown.org/install.sh | sh
Latest release 1.2.0, 2026-08-07.
Reads like a document
One continuous scroll, headings and lists and code styled properly, no chrome in the way.
Tables that fit
Columns take the width their contents need, and long values wrap inside their cell instead of spilling across the table.
Edit in place
The editor puts the source beside a live render. Type, watch it update,
and Ctrl+S writes the file.
Embedded HTML
Headings, tables, links, images, <kbd>,
<mark>, colours and centred blocks are rendered, not
printed as tags.
Export anywhere
Print from the app, or use the online editor to take a document to PDF, Word, or OpenDocument.
Android is coming
The same documents, read the same way, on a phone. Not released yet.
Install
One line, no root. It picks the right build for your architecture and puts
it in ~/.local, with a menu entry and the
mdown command.
curl -fsSL https://mdown.org/install.sh | sh
Prefer a package? The downloads page has the
.deb and the portable tarball for x86_64 and ARM64. Windows and
macOS build from source; see the build guide.