Markdown QuickLook — render Markdown in macOS Quick Look

A tiny macOS Quick Look extension. Select a .md file in Finder,<br>press space, and read it rendered the way it was meant to look —<br>headings, code, tables and task lists included. No app window, just a<br>menu-bar helper that stays out of the way.

Download MarkdownQuickLook.dmg &darr;

macOS 12+ · MIT · source on GitHub

Spacebar on a .md file in Finder &rarr; rendered preview.

What it does

Rich rendering. Headings, lists, task lists, blockquotes, links, bold, italic, strikethrough and inline code.

Syntax-highlighted code. Fenced code blocks highlighted with a clean GitHub-style theme, light and dark.

Real tables. GitHub-flavored Markdown tables render as native AppKit tables — not raw pipes.

Sandboxed & offline. Runs in a sandboxed Quick Look extension with no network access. A menu-bar helper, no Dock icon.

Install

Download & open the disk image.<br>Drag Markdown QuickLook into your Applications folder.

Launch it once.<br>Open it from Applications. It lives in the menu bar and registers the Quick Look extension.

Press space.<br>Select any .md file in Finder and hit space. If an old preview is cached, use the menu-bar item &rarr; Reset Quick Look Cache .