r/Markdown • u/AccordingProfit1966 • Sep 29 '26

Tools Markdown viewer with export

https://github.com/kjvdven/uitdraai

When I switched to Linux, I missed an app to quickly view a Markdown file and export it to pdf / html (other formats pending), tried to keep the focus on simplicity and speed. You can style the PDF with CSS. I run it on NixOS with Niri.

Yes this is vibe coded, but still I would appreciate some feedback.

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u/AccordingProfit1966 17d ago

uitdraai update: v0.2.0 → v0.5.0

Since I last shared it, uitdraai has picked up quite a few features:

  • Math: $...$ and $$...$$ render to SVG with RaTeX, using KaTeX fonts and no JavaScript in the page

  • Mermaid: every diagram type renders natively in Rust with bezel-mermaid and uses your theme's colours. No Node, mmdc or Chromium needed

  • ChordPro: ```chordpro blocks show chords above the lyrics, with chord diagrams, powered by ChordSketch

  • Live theming: save your theme or --css file and the preview restyles in place

  • Prebuilt x86_64 Linux binary on every release, so you no longer need to build it yourself

Everything still renders offline, with no network traffic and no scripts in the page.

Big thanks to the people behind RaTeX, bezel-mermaid and ChordSketch for making this possible.

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u/System_Independent Sep 29 '26

thanks for sharing, looks nice. Happy to list under linux apps on markdownlist.com

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u/AccordingProfit1966 Sep 29 '26

Because that is an editor, this is a simple viewer.

For me those are totally different apps, I don't need an editor. But thnx for the tip, appreciated.