Markdown Terminal Tools
Markdown, created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz in 2004, is a lightweight markup language designed to be easily readable and convertible to HTML.
Its simplicity and plain text formatting syntax make it popular among developers and writers for creating web content and documentation.
In the realm of terminal tools, Markdown is essential for documentation, READMEs and integration with various text editors and site generators.
Below is a list of terminal tools that work with Markdown.
ekphos
A lightweight, fast, terminal-based markdown research tool inspired by Obsidian.
A lightweight, fast, terminal-based markdown research tool inspired by Obsidian.
frogmouth
A Markdown browser for your terminal
A Markdown browser for your terminal
glow
Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!
Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!
hike
A Markdown browser for the terminal.
A Markdown browser for the terminal.
leaf
A terminal-based Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience.
A terminal-based Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience.
mandown
man-page inspired Markdown viewer.
man-page inspired Markdown viewer.
mdcat
fancy cat for markdown
fancy cat for markdown
mdfried
A markdown viewer for the terminal that renders images and Big Headers™.
A markdown viewer for the terminal that renders images and Big Headers™.
mdp
A command-line based markdown presentation tool
A command-line based markdown presentation tool
mdtt
Markdown Table Editor TUI.
Markdown Table Editor TUI.
mq
jq-like command-line tool for markdown processing.
jq-like command-line tool for markdown processing.
pandoc
a universal markup converter.
a universal markup converter.
patat
Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc.
Terminal-based presentations using Pandoc.
presenterm
A TUI markdown terminal slideshow tool.
A TUI markdown terminal slideshow tool.
tiki
A Markdown based git versioned documentation and issue management.
A Markdown based git versioned documentation and issue management.
treemd
A TUI and CLI dual pane markdown viewer
A TUI and CLI dual pane markdown viewer
upmd
Run tasks and workflows from Markdown.
Run tasks and workflows from Markdown.
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