Can I view README.md files without cloning the repo?

Yes. Drag any README.md straight into the viewer and it renders with anchor navigation, readable code blocks and wide tables that don't overflow — no git clone, no local Markdown app, nothing installed.

Open the viewer — drag in your .md file →

A README viewer built for long repos

Hosted README pages collapse sections, hide anchor links and let wide compatibility tables spill off-screen. This viewer keeps the full document readable: an auto-generated table of contents jumps between sections, fenced code blocks keep their highlighting, and wide tables scroll inside their own container instead of breaking the layout. Works with READMEs pulled from any source — a zip, a disk, or a copy from another site — since it reads the file itself, not a repo URL.

How to use it

  1. Go to the MD File Viewer home page.
  2. Drag your .md / README.md file onto the drop zone (or click to browse).
  3. Read the rendered document. Export to HTML if you need to share it.

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