# axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer

Styled Terminal Markdown Viewer

Repository: https://github.com/axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/terminal_markdown_viewer
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: markdown, terminal, python, theme, viewer
Last push: 2024-05-15T12:23:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4070, "days_push": 840, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1884, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:48.881952+00:00)

## What it is
mdv is a Python-based terminal Markdown viewer that renders Markdown files with colors, themes, and syntax highlighting directly in the terminal. It can also be used inline as a library to style CLI application output such as help texts.

## Use cases
- view markdown files in the terminal with colors
- read markdown docs over ssh without a browser
- render markdown help text in a cli application
- preview mkdocs project files while editing remotely
- display source code with markdown docstrings styled in the terminal

## When to choose
- you work on remote machines or security gateways with no browser available
- you want fast, themed, colored markdown rendering without leaving the terminal
- you want to embed markdown rendering into Python CLI tools

## When to avoid
- your markdown contains inline HTML or complex structures, which mdv fails to render
- you need full-featured markdown rendering closer to browser output
- you need a maintained tool with active development

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: markdown, cli, terminal-ui, theme
- domain: developer-tools, documentation
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform
- tags: markdown-viewer, syntax-highlighting, pygments, pypi, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.881952+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:13:38.716076+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.881952+00:00, sha 41ef8532e958)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.