The markdown reader for the AI era.

AI tools speak markdown. Litepad makes it beautiful, readable, and easy to preview the moment you open a file.

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Completely free. No account required.

Litepad showing a product requirements document in preview mode

.pdf Adobe Reader

.md Litepad

PDFs had Adobe Reader.
Markdown has Litepad.

See it in action.

Preview Mode

The default. Double-click and read without seeing the syntax unless you want to.

Edit Mode

Switch to the editor when you need to make changes — markdown toolbar included.

Dark Mode

For late-night reading sessions, system-matched themes, and lower glare.

You don't need an IDE to read a document.

VS Code, GitHub, Obsidian — they all render markdown, but they're tools you work inside. Litepad is the reader that lives outside. Double-click any .md file in Finder and it opens instantly — no project, no workspace, no account.

Git Cheat Sheet rendered in Litepad preview mode

Split View

See source and output side by side when you need context without losing readability.

AI speaks markdown. Litepad reads it beautifully.

Works with the tools you already use. Every AI assistant exports markdown somewhere in the workflow. Litepad is the clean reading layer on top.

Claude

ChatGPT

Gemini

Cursor

Sidepad

Notion

People love it.

★★★★★

“Litepad turns the markdown files I get out of Claude and Cursor into something I can actually review like a document. It removed the awkward step where I had to paste everything somewhere else just to read it comfortably.”