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  • Split view — two documents side-by-side
  • PDF export with nested bookmarks
  • CLI superpowers — workspace, stdin piping, headless export
  • Git-diff overlay
  • Verification layer

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Reading is free, forever. Pro adds 6 tools for the workflow that ships every day.

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  • GFM, KaTeX math, Mermaid (basic), syntax highlight, footnotes, callouts, task lists, tables
  • 4 themes (Light / Dark / Sepia / Black) with OS auto-detect
  • Typography controls — Cozy / Normal / Spacious, serif/sans, Ctrl+= zoom
  • Focus mode (Ctrl+D), Line numbers (Ctrl+Shift+L), Reading HUD
  • Frontmatter card (Ctrl+Shift+M)
  • Hover previews, image lightbox, copy code button
  • Find in document (Ctrl+F)
  • Open file: dialog, drag-drop, .md association, Recents
  • Open folder as workspace + sidebar tree
  • Quick Open (Ctrl+K)
  • Back / forward history, scroll memory, live reload
  • mdview file.md from CLI
  • Print (Ctrl+P, OS-native), Save as HTML (single-file export)
Pro · $24 lifetime

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  • Split view. Two documents side-by-side Ctrl+Alt+S
  • PDF export with nested bookmarks. Real PDF, clickable headings in Acrobat / Edge Ctrl+Shift+E
  • DOCX export. Real Word .docx via a native Rust OOXML emitter, no Pandoc. Opens cleanly in Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs, Pages. Ctrl+Shift+W
  • CLI superpowers. mdview . workspace · git diff | mdview · single-instance reuse
  • Git-diff overlay. Inline diff for any watched .md with uncommitted changes Ctrl+Shift+D
  • Verification layer. Fabricated paths, risky shell, broken anchors, dense claims Ctrl+Shift+V

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