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A TUI for Markdown view an editing

  • Hacker News

Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and edit them without leaving the terminal, so I built this

  • Published: Apr 28, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 28, 2026
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Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and edit them without leaving the terminal, so I built this

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://mdee.bkh.dev/.
  • Description: Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "A TUI for Markdown view an editing".
  • Source description: Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-28).
  • Primary public product URL is https://mdee.bkh.dev/.
  • Description: Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "A TUI for Markdown view an editing".

Why Now

A TUI for Markdown view an editing is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

45.5

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

3

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "A TUI for Markdown view an editing".
  • Source description: Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-28.
  • Description: Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and....
  • Primary public product URL is https://mdee.bkh.dev/.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-28).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

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Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

A TUI for Markdown view an editing

Listed on Hacker News as "A TUI for Markdown view an editing".

A TUI for Markdown view an editing official profile

Primary public product URL is https://mdee.bkh.dev/.

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