Open any README.md and read it the way it was meant to look
A README.md downloaded from a release, attached to a zip, or generated by a tool opens as raw text — headings as # marks, code and prose running together. Drop it here instead and read it fully rendered: formatted headings, highlighted code blocks, working task lists, and GitHub-style callouts.
This is useful when a README arrives outside GitHub: inside a release archive, attached to a ticket, produced by a generator, or copied from another repository. You can inspect installation commands, configuration examples, compatibility notes, and project structure without cloning the repository or opening a development workspace.
The viewer also handles the parts that basic text readers miss. Mermaid diagrams render inline, wide tables remain navigable, and long project documentation gets a table of contents. The result is a reading surface for the whole README rather than a partial approximation of it.
READMEs use the full range of GitHub-flavored Markdown — this viewer keeps up.
Yes — open the README.md file directly, or paste its raw contents. No repository, no git, no setup.
Yes. GitHub alert syntax renders as proper callout blocks, the same way GitHub shows them.
Files you open render locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded unless you choose to create a share link.
Yes — opening and reading README files is free and needs no account.
Yes. Open the README.md from the extracted archive and it will render like a project document, including code blocks, tables, task lists, callouts, and supported diagrams.
No. The page is optimized for opening and reading the rendered file. Use your normal editor for source changes, then reopen or paste the updated Markdown to verify the result.