glyphmd

A CLI markdown viewer with FIGlet ASCII art headings and a full-screen terminal pager.

Unlike other terminal markdown viewers that only use bold+color for headings, glyphmd renders h1 headings as large FIGlet ASCII art, h2 in double-bordered boxes, and h3-h6 with descending styled emphasis -- giving a browser-like visual hierarchy entirely within the terminal.

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• npm

No other system dependencies. Works over SSH, no graphics protocols needed.

Install

npm install -g glyphmd

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/keshavvinayak01/glyph
cd glyphmd
npm install
sudo npm link

Usage

glyphmd README.md
glyphmd ~/docs/notes.md

Controls

| Key | Action | |-----|--------| | j / k or ↑ / ↓ | Scroll one line | | Space / b | Page down / up | | g / G | Jump to top / bottom | | / | Search | | n / N | Next / previous search match | | E | Edit file in $EDITOR (default: vim) | | q | Quit |

Features

• h1: FIGlet ASCII art (Standard font, bold cyan)
• h2: Double-bordered box (green)
• h3: Bold + cyan + underline
• h4: Bold + yellow
• h5: Bold + dim
• h6: Dim + underline
• Code blocks: Syntax-highlighted with bordered boxes and language labels
• Tables: Box-drawing characters with column alignment
• Lists: Ordered, unordered, nested, and task lists
• Blockquotes: Left-bordered italic text
• Inline formatting: Bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, links
• Horizontal rules: Full-width terminal separators
• Pager: Full-screen scrolling with search and match navigation

Development

npm run build    # compile TypeScript
npm run dev      # watch mode
npm start        # run directly without global install