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qizhenghai2020/mdview — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

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tl;dr

A lightweight desktop app for reading, editing, and formatting Markdown, plain text, and simple HTML, with optional AI assisted layout.

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  root((MDview))
    What it does
      Views Markdown files
      Edits with live preview
      AI assisted formatting
    Tech stack
      Go
      Wails
      Vue 3
      Mermaid
    Use cases
      Edit Markdown notes
      Compare source and preview
      Browse a folder of docs
      Reformat with AI
    Audience
      Writers
      Developers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Read and edit Markdown notes with a live visual preview.

VIBE 2

Compare raw Markdown source against its rendered output side by side.

VIBE 3

Browse and organize a whole folder of Markdown or text files in one window.

VIBE 4

Use AI assisted formatting to clean up or restyle a document's layout.

what's the stack?

GoWailsVue 3Vitemarkedhighlight.jsMermaid

how it stacks up fr

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Stars181818
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity2/51/5
Audiencegeneralvibe coderdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Prebuilt releases are ready to run, building from source needs Go, Node.js, and the Wails CLI.

Apache License 2.0: free to use, modify, and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the license and copyright notices.

in plain english

MDview is a lightweight desktop app for reading and editing Markdown files, plain text, and simple HTML layouts, built with Go and Vue 3 through the Wails desktop framework. It works as a Windows desktop program you can open by double clicking a Markdown file or dragging one into the window. The app offers three ways of working with a document: a read only preview mode, a visual editing mode where changes save straight back to the source file, and a split view that shows the raw source and the rendered preview side by side with synced scrolling and a draggable divider. While editing, a right click menu lets you quickly insert headings, quotes, task lists, tables, images, code blocks, and Mermaid diagrams, and you can right click a heading to promote or demote it between levels one through six. MDview can open a single file, several files, or an entire folder, with a file tree and a document outline in the sidebar for jumping between sections. Beyond Markdown it also handles plain text, logs, config files, and code files, with support for several Chinese text encodings. If a file changes outside the app, it syncs the update automatically, and it will walk you through resolving a conflict if you have unsaved local edits at the same time. Rendering support includes syntax highlighted code blocks, Mermaid diagrams, images referenced by relative path, and enhanced display for task lists and tables. The app also includes optional AI assisted formatting, letting you connect multiple AI providers and models to reformat Markdown or HTML content, plus a visual HTML designer for adjusting page layout and exporting the result. Themes, fonts, and detailed style settings are configurable, and the interface remembers your chosen theme, mode, and sidebar width between sessions. Building from source requires Go 1.18 or newer, Node.js 16 or newer, and the Wails CLI. The project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

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Explain the difference between MDview's preview, edit, and split modes and when to use each.
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Walk me through building MDview from source using Go and the Wails CLI.
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How does MDview's right click menu help insert headings, tables, and Mermaid diagrams while editing?
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What happens in MDview if a file I have open changes outside the app while I have unsaved edits?

Frequently asked questions

what is mdview fr?

A lightweight desktop app for reading, editing, and formatting Markdown, plain text, and simple HTML, with optional AI assisted layout.

What language is mdview written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes Go, Wails, Vue 3.

What license does mdview use?

Apache License 2.0: free to use, modify, and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the license and copyright notices.

How hard is mdview to set up?

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

Who is mdview for?

Mainly general.

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