Better MD

A native macOS Markdown reader built with Tauri, React, and TypeScript.

Features

• Open and render .md, .markdown, and .mdx files
• Tabbed interface for multiple files
• Table of contents sidebar
• Syntax-highlighted code blocks
• Light, Dark, and Nord themes
• Live file watching — auto-refreshes on external changes

Install

Download the latest .dmg from Releases.

• Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4): Better MD_*_aarch64.dmg
• Intel: Better MD_*_x64.dmg

macOS Gatekeeper notice: The app is not code-signed, so macOS will block it on first launch. After installing, run:

xattr -cr "/Applications/Better MD.app"

Then open the app normally.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+O	Open file
Cmd+W	Close tab
Cmd+Shift+T	Toggle table of contents
Cmd+1	Light theme
Cmd+2	Dark theme
Cmd+3	Nord theme

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• Rust
• Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install)

Setup

npm install
npm run tauri dev

Build

npm run tauri build

Releases

A GitHub Action automatically bumps the patch version and creates a release with macOS binaries on every merge to main.