Leaf: A Terminal Markdown Previewer with GUI-Like Experience
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Summary
Leaf is a terminal-based Markdown previewer that provides a GUI-like experience within the terminal. It supports installation on macOS, Linux, Android (Termux), and Windows via binary downloads or npm. The tool includes self-update functionality with SHA256 checksum verification, and can be built from source by cloning the repository.
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leaf --update downloads the matching published asset, verifies it against the published checksums.txt SHA256, and then installs it.
On Windows, if replacing the running .exe is blocked by the OS, rerun the PowerShell installer from the install section.
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