pretty-md

Your Markdown, rendered the way you actually want to read it.

One command. No config.

Why

You have a Markdown file. You want to read it without parsing it in a terminal, committing it to GitHub just to preview it, or opening VS Code to squint at a side panel that rewraps every five characters.

npx @get-ai-native/pretty-md README.md

Opens in your browser, typeset properly. Syntax-highlighted code, clean tables. No dark-mode-bro aesthetic, no Notion-clone sidebar, no signup wall.

Install

npm install -g @get-ai-native/pretty-md

Or skip install entirely:

npx @get-ai-native/pretty-md any-file.md

Use

pretty-md file.md                                  # render a file
curl -s https://example.com/README.md | pretty-md  # render piped input
pbpaste | pretty-md                                # pipe clipboard (macOS)
pretty-md                                          # render clipboard contents (all platforms)

pretty-md README.md -o out.html   # save HTML instead of opening browser
pretty-md --no-open README.md     # generate without opening

Full options: pretty-md --help

Rendering LLM output

The fastest way to save a ChatGPT or Claude answer as a readable page:

1. Copy the response from the chat interface.
2. Run pretty-md in your terminal — no arguments needed.
3. Your browser opens with a fully typeset version of the answer.

pretty-md reads your clipboard automatically when no file or pipe is provided. Works on macOS, Linux (X11 and Wayland), and Windows.

Use it as a library

import { render, buildHtml } from '@get-ai-native/pretty-md';

const html = buildHtml(render('# Hello\n\nWorld'), { title: 'My Doc' });

• render(md) converts a markdown string to an HTML fragment
• buildHtml(fragment, { title }) wraps it in a full styled document
• openInBrowser(path) opens a local file, returns true on success

What makes it pretty

• Typography. System fonts, generous line-height, readable font size. The stuff you'd set up yourself if you had an afternoon.
• GitHub-flavored Markdown. Tables, task lists, strikethrough, fenced code, via markdown-it.
• Zero config. No themes to pick, no CSS to import. Opinionated on purpose.
• Fast. Single file, no server, no Electron.

Who built this

Built by Get AI Native. We help engineering teams adopt AI-native workflows. pretty-md came out of wanting our own LLM output to be readable without piping it through four tools.

Contributing

PRs welcome. Fork, npm install, npm test, open a PR. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT