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<h3>Enhance your macOS experience with showmd, the most readable way to preview any .md file.</h3><ul><li>Seamless Integration: As a native macOS Quick Look extension, showmd renders Markdown beautifully without any friction. Simply press the spacebar on any .md file in Finder to preview it instantly.</li><li>Intelligent Rendering: Goes beyond plain text previews. It intelligently parses and displays YAML frontmatter as a collapsible table, making metadata easily accessible.</li><li>AI Content Support: Specifically designed to render AI-generated content, including custom XML tags like &lt;example&gt; and &lt;instructions&gt;, as structured, bordered blocks instead of raw code.</li><li>Rich Feature Set: Supports full GitHub Flavored Markdown, including tables, task lists, and strikethrough. It also offers syntax highlighting for over 190 languages, LaTeX math rendering via KaTeX, and Mermaid diagram support.</li><li>Privacy Focused: Built with privacy in mind, showmd is completely offline. No cloud, no uploads, no telemetry – your files never leave your machine.</li><li>Customization: Offers a toggle to switch between rendered and source views, and the ability to copy content as HTML. It also respects your system's dark mode settings, with options to override.</li><li>Broad Compatibility: Handles a wide range of Markdown extensions including .md, .markdown, .mdx, and more.</li><li>Open Source &amp; Free: Available under the MIT license, showmd is free to use and modify. Installation is simple via Homebrew or direct download.</li></ul>