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leaf – one month later: website, releases and lots of improvements
Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math rendered as ASCII in your terminal.
CozyNiche Gem
RivoLink
4017d ago
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Terminal Markdown previewer — GUI-like experience.
1,434 starsRust
leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience
by RivoLink·Apr 24, 2026·46 points·25 comments
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Terminal Markdown viewer when glow already does this with more community adoption.
Strengths
- •Watch mode with 250ms reload and visual feedback flash is genuinely polished
- •Cross-platform binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows, and Android Termux
- •SHA256 checksum verification on self-update adds security to the update flow
Weaknesses
- •Terminal Markdown previewers are a solved category with glow, mdv, and others
- •Only 2 GitHub stars suggests limited community traction or real-world testing
Category
Target Audience
Developers who work in terminal and need quick Markdown previews
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glow · mdv · markdown-cli
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