Anyone know of a good Markdown viewer on iPhone? I’d like to export my Org files to Markdown and drop them onto a USB key that I (or my family) could read anywhere when needed.
You can use Obsidian or Notebooks:
https://obsidian.md/mobile https://www.notebooksapp.com/ios/
Thanks. Obsidian looks very good. Do you know if the Markdown that Org exports is fully compatible with Obsidian and vice versa?
According to Obsidian’s website it supports these 2 flavors:
Obsidian supports CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown
Regular org-mode Markdown support though uses the (pretty plain) standard as described on org-mode info on Markdown export
The Markdown export back-end, “md”, converts an Org file to Markdown format, as defined at https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/.
Some people made an effort to export org-mode in the GFM flavor. How well this works and how well the compatibility is, I don’t know.
Do you need a markdown viewer only (as the initial post may imply)?
Or do you need also a markdown editor for kind of “round-trip editing”, which the second reply could may imply (“fully compatible.. and vice versa”)?
Just from hearing and their popularity, perhaps have a look also in
https://www.textasticapp.com/ (probably more coding oriented)
https://ia.net/writer (writer focused, probably one of the best apps for writing on iOS - but I couldn’t find which markdown flavor it supports (iA Writer’s Markdown Guide), but contacting their support should help; yes it comes at a price point, but no subscription; you probably want to filter out also any app not capable of accessing local storage on iPhone (“Files” provider) or relevant file providers you are looking for - if “roundtrip editing” is a must-have)
Peach Wonder, 2 March 2024
A markdown viewer that can follow links is enough for me. I think it would be easier for my family to use rather than try to setup an HTML server. Also, a USB key is safer for family data than using a server over the Internet.
I’ll look into your suggestions. Thanks.
If focus is solely on viewing, then I guess that most - if not all - markdown-supported editors/viewers on iOS probably support / display the markdown-exports from Emacs.
Here’s a free iOS app, called “Typewriter”:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/typewriter-for-markdown/id1556419263?platform=iphone
It can access Apple’s “Files”, once an .md file has been opened, click on “Preview”, which also renders markdown-formatted URLs (next to simple URLs as well) into clickable links and tap one. That will open the mobile Safari web-browser. Just tested it briefly, could be a viable option.
Thanks. I’ll take a look at Typrwriter. It looks simpler than Obsidian.
