README.md
GLANCE / v0.1.3

A README viewer for Windows

Read the README.Skip the browser.

Glance is a Markdown viewer for Windows. Open a repo, follow links, search the tree, and keep your place without a browser tab. New to Markdown? Read how to open a .md file on Windows, or explore the Markdown viewer for Windows.

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v0.1.3 83.8 MB Windows x64

Glance in light theme, showing README.md with a folder tree on the left and a contents rail on the right. Glance in dark theme, showing README.md with a folder tree on the left and a contents rail on the right.
actual window folder mode, light theme folder mode, dark theme

What it does

Everything you need to read the docs.

No dashboard, no preview pane, no tab strip. Just the file you opened and the tools that help you move through it.

Folder mode

Open a repository and browse every Markdown file from a live tree. The root README.md opens automatically when it exists.

Open with Glance

Double-click a file, use the Explorer context menu, or drop it on the app icon. It opens in the window you already have.

Live reload

Edit in your editor and the page follows the file on disk, keeping your place as the document changes.

Contents and search

Jump by heading, find text inside the document, or search across the folder and the files you have open.

Session restore

Glance reopens the last document and the files you had open. Close any file from the sidebar when you are done with it.

Light and dark

Follow the system theme or switch by hand. Prose, code, tables, and diagrams change with it.

Two reading moods

Same document. Less glare.

The theme follows your system on first launch and remembers your choice. The preview at the top of this page switches with it, too.

Glance in light theme with README.md open.
light · paper and ink
Glance in dark theme with README.md open.
dark · low glare

Download

Take it to your desktop.

One installer for Windows x64. No account, no browser extension, and no web app to keep open.

Windows x64

Glance v0.1.3

83.8 MB installer · unsigned build

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SHA-256 52C0BE36B17CDDB21C76C1B60CCA5CC5731154E5D167626DD6D1A49812551945

Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because this build is unsigned. Choose More info → Run anyway if you trust the source. Release notes.

License

Free for noncommercial use.

Glance is released under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0. Use it for personal projects, study, and noncommercial work.

For commercial use, get in touch via GitHub.