Glow
Glow is a terminal-based reader that shows by formatting in the Markdown command line. It finds and lists Markdown files in the directories and subdirectories it is in or in the Git repository when it is run without argument; it can also read content at file, stdin or GitHub/GitLab. Word scrolling (-w), dark/light or custom JSON styles (-s) and offers options to display the output in the preferred pager (pager, -p).
Glow
100charmbracelet · DevOps / Build / Infra
Common commercial products in this category: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Atlassian Bamboo
- Scan Markdown files in local directories or Git repositories via the terminal interface
- You display Markdown content directly at the terminal via a remote URL or GitHub/GitLab address
- You format Markdown documents by terminal width using text scrolling and style options
- • NeutralHacker News
Mozilla Glow: Awesome Firefox 4 live download day map
“I'm not sure if it's just me, but I was clicking through the arrows to scroll through screenshots on the front page of glowapp.com and found that two captions seemed to be mixed up: "Use Glow to share your feelings with friends on Twitter and Facebook. Update your status and…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Glow: Markdown reader for the terminal with a TUI and encrypted cloud stash
“This is by no means a feature request but it could be useful if Glow provided a way to configure alternative stashing methods (i.e. "stash via Charm or stash via some shell script you give me"). There would still be a lot of pull towards Charm but users who wanna do it…”
Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source