Glance
A lightweight markdown viewer and editor for macOS.
brew install --cask ncrohn/glance/glance
What it does
One window, many tabs
Every mdview call opens in the same window.
Comments for Claude
Select text and leave a comment. Claude can read and resolve it.
Read or edit
⌘E switches between the formatted view and the source.
Reloads when files change
Clean tabs refresh on their own. Tabs with edits ask first.
Saves when you say
⌘S writes the file. There is no autosave.
Picks up where you stopped
Open tabs come back on the next launch.
New in 0.11.0
October 28, 2026
- Click any block to edit its markdown in place.
- Arrow keys move between blocks. Click below the last one to add another.
- Drag or double-click to select text for comments, as before.
- ⌘E opens the whole file as source.