showmd: A macOS Quick Look Extension for Beautiful Markdown Rendering
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Johannes N
A reheated bagel, served cold.
Summary
showmd is a free macOS Quick Look extension that renders Markdown files with proper formatting instead of plain text. It features YAML frontmatter parsed into a collapsible metadata table and renders various tags (including Agentic AI XML tags) as labeled, bordered blocks rather than raw angle brackets.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledshowmd is a free, native macOS Quick Look extension that renders Markdown beautifully.
YAML frontmatter parsed into a collapsible metadata table — collapsed by default, one click to expand.
Agentic AI XML tags — and 17 more — rendered as labeled, bordered blocks instead of raw angle brackets.
No other viewer does this.
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