Markset

Beautiful Markdown
previews in Finder.

Typeset PDFs
with one click.

Without changing
your editor.

A tiny macOS utility that renders .md files in Finder’s QuickLook preview and exports them as typeset PDFs from the right-click menu. Works with files from any editor: Obsidian, iA Writer, VS Code, TextEdit — or whatever you use.

Download for Mac
Free 926 KB macOS 14+ Signed + notarised

See it

What it does

01

QuickLook preview

Press Space on any .md file in Finder. See it rendered properly for reading, not editing. No app to open, no file association changes.

02

Typeset PDF
from Finder

Right‑click → Quick Actions → Markset. A print‑optimised PDF typeset with a classic Swiss baseline grid. Opens in Preview.

03

Stays out
of the way

Ships as a menu bar utility. No Dock icon, no file associations changed, no editor to learn. Your existing workflow is unchanged.

About

Proof

I’m Justin, a UK indie developer and product designer. I got tired of opening an editor just to read or print a .md file, so I built Markset: a tiny Mac utility that renders Markdown right in Finder’s QuickLook preview (press Space on any .md file) and exports a typeset, print‑ready PDF via right‑click → Quick Actions → Markset. No app to open, no file associations to change. A paid Pro tier will come later for extra themes, Mermaid/KaTeX, custom CSS and a few other bits and pieces to justify a one‑off purchase.