brothy – a calm terminal Markdown reader with Obsidian support (wikilinks, callouts, vault-wide Ctrl-P)
I read a lot of Markdown in the terminal, mostly my Obsidian vault and project docs. glow and bat are great for a single file, but I wanted something that feels like a reader: a folder tree, an outline, and links I can follow.
So I built brothy: jackMort/brothy
What it does:
- Files / Outline / Info side panel with fuzzy filter; the text stays at a readable 80-column measure
- Live reload on save, so it works as a preview next to your editor
- Obsidian syntax: [[wikilinks]], embeds, callouts, ==highlights==, %%comments%%
- Ctrl-P searches the whole vault (note names, headings, full text)
- f puts letter labels on the links on screen, and H/L go back and forward
- Zen mode: only the text, with typewriter, pages, spotlight and teleprompter options
- 26 themes (dark/light pairs) with live preview, plus a transparent background
- Syntax-highlighted code blocks, and tables that shrink to fit the width
Install: single binaries for Linux and macOS (x64/arm64) on the releases page, or build from source with Bun. Windows isn't supported yet.
It's built with Bun, React and OpenTUI. The visual style takes after Noodle. Apache-2.0.
This is v0.1.0, so feedback and bug reports are very welcome. I'm especially interested in Markdown that renders badly.
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在终端里阅读和浏览一整个 Markdown / Obsidian 笔记文件夹，不用打开 Obsidian 或图形编辑器。 jackMort/brothy t.co
brothy – a calm terminal Markdown reader with Obsidian support (wikilinks, callouts, vault-wide Ctrl-P) I read a lot of Markdown in the terminal, mostly my Obsidian vault and project docs. glow and bat are great for a single file, but I wanted something that feels like a reader: a folder tree, an outline, and links I can follow. So I built brothy: jackMort/brothy What it does: - Files / Outline / Info side panel with fuzzy filter; the text stays at a readable 80-column measure - Live reload on save, so it works as a preview next to your editor - Obsidian syntax: [[wikilinks]], embeds, callouts, ==highlights==, %%comments%% - Ctrl-P searches the whole vault (note names, headings, full text) - f puts letter labels on the links on screen, and H/L go back and forward - Zen mode: only the text, with typewriter, pages, spotlight and teleprompter options - 26 themes (dark/light pairs) with live preview, plus a transparent background - Syntax-highlighted code blocks, and tables that shrink to fit the width Install: single binaries for Linux and macOS (x64/arm64) on the releases page, or build from source with Bun. Windows isn't supported yet. It's built with Bun, React and OpenTUI. The visual style takes after Noodle. Apache-2.0. This is v0.1.0, so feedback and bug reports are very welcome. I'm especially interested in Markdown that renders badly.