Glance

a quiet macOS reader for Markdown & HTML

Glance opens a Markdown or HTML file and just shows it: clean typography, syntax-highlighted code, tables, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX math. It is built for reading, not editing.

Everything runs offline. The rendering libraries and the fonts ship inside the app, so nothing is fetched from the network while you read.

Download for macOS

Requires macOS 13 or newer · Apple silicon & Intel

First launch: because the app isn't notarized, right-click it in Finder and choose Open, then confirm once. After that it opens normally.

What it does

Renders Markdown and HTML with code highlighting, tables, Mermaid, and KaTeX math.
A command palette on Cmd+K for opening files, exporting to PDF, and more.
Recent-files history and an optional folder vault in the sidebar.
A table of contents in the margin, find-in-page, font sizing, and live reload when the file changes on disk.
Copy as Rich Text for pasting into Docs, Word, or email.
Follows your system light and dark setting.

Build from source

You need macOS 13+ and Xcode. Clone the repo and run ./Scripts/build-app.sh, then open build/Glance.app. Details are in the README.