A little room to read
Open Markdown. Enjoy the words.
Mac · iPhone · iPad
A little room to read
A quiet, read-only Markdown viewer for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
macOS 14+ · iOS 17+ · iPadOS 17+
Made for reading
Read without distractions
Read tables, syntax-highlighted code, math formulas and Mermaid diagrams in a clean, comfortable layout.
Every detail, beautifully clear
Readable tables. Highlighted code.
Ideas take shape
Math formulas and Mermaid diagrams.
Find your reading rhythm
Outline, search and a softer dark view.
Your files. Your choice.
Local rendering. No account. No document uploads.
macOS
Quick Look on Mac
In Finder, select a .md or .markdown file and press Space. For a full reading window, choose Open With → MarkCove, or use File → Open in the app. Each document opens in its own window.
iOS · iPadOS
Open your first document
Choose a Markdown file from the document browser, including iCloud Drive and supported Files providers. You can also open Markdown documents in MarkCove from Files. MarkCove reads the selected file in place.
On macOS, Quick Look folder access lasts for the current preview session and may need to be granted again. The app remembers its own folder permissions. Use Allow a Folder inside the preview.
Privacy
Your documents, unchanged
MarkCove never edits or saves over your original file. To change a document, open it in a separate text editor. Reading preferences and folder permissions are the only information MarkCove saves.
Markdown rendering, code highlighting, math and diagrams run locally. MarkCove has no account, advertising, analytics or document-upload service.
Remote images are blocked by default. If you enable them, the image host can receive your IP address and ordinary network request information. Opening an external link also leaves MarkCove. Your Files provider may independently use the network to retrieve a document.
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