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New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:30:23 +0000

Quick follow-up for macOS users:

I opened an issue to test the “open in editor” feature:

- Shift+E should select/configure the editor

- Cmd+E should open the current Markdown file in the selected editor

Tested on Linux/Windows/Android so far.

Feedback from macOS users would be really helpful: https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf/issues/51

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases"

RivoLink — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:31:32 +0000

use leaf, quick install and standalone binary : https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: A Karpathy-style LLM wiki your agents maintain (Markdown and Git)"

RivoLink — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:35:08 +0000

For everyone working with markdown, I’d like to share leaf with you, a terminal markdown previewer :

https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:04:36 +0000

Thanks for the feedback! You're absolutely right. The goal was to create a GUI-like experience directly in the terminal. Your project looks really interesting too.

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:01:09 +0000

Thanks everyone for the feedback, this was super helpful. I’m already working on improvements based on your comments.

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:00:21 +0000

These vulnerabilities have been fixed in the latest release. Thanks for pointing it out!

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:55:30 +0000

I’ve updated the Features section.

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:08:20 +0000

Good point! Glow doesn’t support math equations, but leaf does.

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:46:53 +0000

There are both "open in editor" and "watch" modes.

The idea is not to replace an editor, but to complement it: - "open in editor" lets you edit the file with your preferred editor - "watch" automatically refreshes the preview when the file changes

So you can keep your usual workflow while having a fast, structured preview directly in the terminal.

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:44:46 +0000

Thanks for your feedback. I added the screenshot and a short description inside it.

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RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:41:17 +0000

Now, it works, thanks

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:11:24 +0000

Also a Markdown previewer, but in the terminal. https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: Hackerboard – a no-ranking, no-algorithm alternative to Hacker News"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:39:53 +0000

Not woking, tested: https://github.com/orgs/hackerboard/discussions/2

New comment by RivoLink in "Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience"

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:54:26 +0000

Hi HN,

I built leaf, a Markdown previewer that runs entirely in the terminal.

It supports keyboard/mouse navigation, syntax highlighting, tables, checkboxes, clickable links, search, table of contents, local Markdown links, inline images, Mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX-to-Unicode rendering.

It works on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Termux.

GitHub: https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf

I’d appreciate feedback on the UX, missing features, and performance on large Markdown files.

Show HN: leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience

RivoLink — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:54:26 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47888423

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