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Show HN: Single-file private Markdown viewer

IBM released a single-file, client-side Markdown viewer as a lightweight alternative to launching VS Code for reading Markdown files securely in corporate environments. The tool, hosted at ibm.github.io/tsar-mcp/tools/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.html with source at github.com/IBM/tsar-mcp, supports standard rendering, floating navigation, clean print stylesheets, and export to standalone HTML, and works on mobile. The Show HN post drew 2 points and 0 comments.

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We built this to view Markdown files securely in our corporate environment as a lightweight alternative to firing up VS Code.

It’s just a single HTML file that executes entirely client-side. Alongside standard rendering, it supports floating navigation, clean print stylesheets, and exporting the result to a standalone HTML file (and it works great on mobile).

Live viewer: [https://ibm.github.io/tsar-mcp/tools/MarkdownViewer/Markdown...](https://ibm.github.io/tsar-mcp/tools/MarkdownViewer/MarkdownViewer.html)

Source: [https://github.com/IBM/tsar-mcp](https://github.com/IBM/tsar-mcp)

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49697103](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49697103)

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