Leaf: Terminal Markdown Previewer with a GUI-Like Experience

📄 Leaf: Markdown Preview in the Terminal, Like a GUI App

If you work in the terminal and want to see your Markdown files rendered with formatting — without leaving the terminal — leaf is the tool you’ve been looking for.

✨ What makes leaf special:

• 👁️ Watch mode (--watch): auto-reloads on file save every 250ms
• 🎨 Syntax highlighting in code blocks with support for Python, JSON, TOML, Docker, etc.
• 📑 TOC sidebar with active section tracking and two-level navigation
• 🔢 LaTeX rendering — math formulas in the terminal with Unicode conversion
• 📁 Fuzzy file picker (Ctrl+P) to quickly open any Markdown file
• 🎨 Theme picker with runtime preview
• 🤖 AI integration: perfect for use with tools like aichat

# Quick install on macOS/Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RivoLink/leaf/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

# Basic usage
leaf notes.md

# Watch mode
leaf --watch notes.md

# Pipe from Claude/AI
claude "explain Rust lifetimes" | leaf

Written in Rust, available on macOS, Linux, Windows, Android/Termux, and via npm.

💡 Explanation in a nutshell

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Leaf is like having VS Code or an editor with Markdown preview, but running entirely inside your command-line terminal. Instead of opening a browser or graphical editor to see how a .md file looks, leaf renders it with headings, tables, colors, and math formulas directly in the console. Ideal for developers who live in the terminal.

More information at the link 👇

GitHub - RivoLink/leaf: Terminal Markdown previewer — GUI-like experience.

Terminal Markdown previewer — GUI-like experience. - RivoLink/leaf

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