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hassanalimali/readmd — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

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tl;dr

A privacy-first Markdown viewer that renders documentation, diagrams, and math entirely in your browser with no server upload.

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  root((ReadMD))
    What it does
      Markdown rendering
      Mermaid diagrams
      LaTeX math
      Full-text search
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Vite
      Mermaid.js
      KaTeX
    Use cases
      Read sensitive docs privately
      View GitHub-flavored READMEs
      Render diagrams and math
    Audience
      Developers
      Technical writers
      Privacy-conscious readers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

View a sensitive or private Markdown file without uploading it to any server.

VIBE 2

Read a README with Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math rendered inline.

VIBE 3

Search full text within a long Markdown document using the command palette.

VIBE 4

Deploy your own instance of ReadMD to Cloudflare Pages.

what's the stack?

TypeScriptViteMermaid.jsKaTeXMarkdown-it

how it stacks up fr

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LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity2/53/54/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

No backend or account needed, runs entirely client-side, or use the hosted live demo directly.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

in plain english

ReadMD is a browser-based Markdown viewer built for reading documentation and technical files with privacy as its core principle. Markdown is a lightweight formatting language used for README files, documentation, and notes, and ReadMD renders those files into clean, readable pages entirely within your browser, nothing is uploaded to a server, stored in a database, or tracked. Beyond basic rendering, it supports several formats that plain Markdown viewers often miss. Mermaid.js diagrams, including flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and Gantt charts, render directly in the page. KaTeX handles LaTeX mathematical notation for scientific documents. It also follows GitHub Flavored Markdown, the variant used in GitHub READMEs and issues. For navigation and reading comfort, it includes a command palette (opened with Ctrl+K) for quick access to controls, an automatically generated table of contents that links to sections in the document, and in-document full-text search. Visual settings like light and dark themes, font size, line height, and content width are all adjustable, and a reading progress indicator shows how far through the document you are. The project is written in TypeScript and uses Vite as its build tool, with Mermaid.js, KaTeX, and Markdown-it as rendering libraries. The styling uses vanilla CSS and HTML5 with no additional UI framework. It is designed to be deployed on Cloudflare Pages, and a live demo is available. It is released under the MIT license.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Walk me through running ReadMD locally with npm install and npm run dev.
prompt 2
Explain how ReadMD keeps documents private by processing everything in the browser.
prompt 3
How do I deploy my own copy of ReadMD to Cloudflare Pages?
prompt 4
What does the command palette (Ctrl+K) let me do in ReadMD?
prompt 5
Show me how ReadMD renders a Mermaid flowchart and a KaTeX math expression from a Markdown file.

Frequently asked questions

what is readmd fr?

A privacy-first Markdown viewer that renders documentation, diagrams, and math entirely in your browser with no server upload.

What language is readmd written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Vite, Mermaid.js.

What license does readmd use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is readmd to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is readmd for?

Mainly developer.

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