Nacho Viewer

Markdown, beautifully printed.

A free, open-source document viewer for Linux, Windows and macOS that makes .md files read like a well-typeset document instead of plain text.

Download

Every file is on GitHub Releases.

Nacho Viewer in light mode: tabs, the toolbar, and a typeset document on a paper sheet The same document in dark mode

What it does

Reads like paper

A page view with book-quality typography, in light and dark, with five document styles.

Everything GitHub renders

Tables, footnotes, alerts, emoji, math and Mermaid diagrams, plus a few extras.

Built for reading

Tabs, an outline, find, zoom, and live reload when the file changes.

Print to PDF

Export exactly what you see. It stays a viewer: it never changes your files.

Other ways to install

macOS · Homebrew

brew install --cask nuncaeslupus/tap/nacho-viewer

Ubuntu, Debian · apt

Add the key and source from the README, then sudo apt install nacho-viewer

Linux · Snap

sudo snap install nacho-viewer

Windows · winget

Coming soon

Linux · Flathub

Coming soon

First launch

The app is not code-signed yet, so your system asks once before it opens it.

Windows

If SmartScreen warns, click More info, then Run anyway.

macOS

If macOS blocks the app, open System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

Or in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Nacho Viewer.app"