Read Markdown the way it's meant to look.

Markity turns any .md file — local or remote — into a calm, fully rendered reading view. The same renderer ships as a browser extension and a native desktop app, so your notes look identical everywhere.

Download See what it does

Chrome & Firefox extensions · macOS app · No accounts, no tracking.

notes.md

Project Notes

A reader that stays out of the way. Links open where you expect, and references read cleanly.

Note

Callouts, task lists and highlights all render natively.

Parse GitHub-flavored Markdown
Sync the outline drawer

const read = render("notes.md");

What it does

Everything a reader needs, nothing it doesn't.

GitHub-flavored

Task lists, > [!NOTE] callouts, ==highlights==, tables and fenced code with syntax highlighting.

Keyboard first

j/k to scroll, t to switch theme, f to toggle the folder drawer.

Install CLI

Add the mty command from the macOS app (File → Install CLI), then read any file from the terminal: mty notes.md.

Download

Pick your platform.

Chrome

Manifest v3 extension. Unzip, then load it at chrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked.

Download .zip

~128 KB

Firefox

Add-on package. Load it via about:debugging → This Firefox → Load Temporary Add-on.

Download .xpi

~128 KB

macOS

Native app for Apple Silicon. Adds an mty terminal command (File → Install CLI):

mty notes.md

Download .zip

Apple Silicon · ~9 MB

The extensions are distributed outside the browser stores — Chrome loads the unzipped folder in Developer mode, and Firefox loads it as a temporary add-on.