charmbracelet/glow
Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
89/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 73
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 123
- age_days: 2494
- days_rel: 22
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
27068 stars · 751 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Glow is a terminal-based markdown reader that renders markdown files with styled formatting directly in the CLI. It can discover local markdown files in subdirectories or Git repositories and includes a TUI for browsing them.
Use cases
- read markdown files in the terminal
- render README.md from the command line
- browse documentation in a git repo from CLI
- view markdown with syntax highlighting in terminal
- find and read local markdown files
When to choose
- you want to read markdown docs without leaving the terminal
- you need a fast, styled markdown viewer across platforms
- you want a TUI to browse markdown files in a project
When to avoid
- you need to convert markdown to HTML or PDF
- you need a graphical markdown editor
- you need markdown rendering in a web app
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
markdown cli terminal-ui documentation developer-tools documentation windows bsd cli cross-platform markdown-renderer tui charmbracelet reader command-line linux macos android
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2e6efddda9cc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| charmbracelet/glow | main | 89 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="charmbracelet/glow")
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