go-grip

Render your markdown files local
- with the look of GitHub

⚡️Features

• ⚡️Written in Go 👍
• 📄 Render markdown to HTML and view it in your browser
• 📱 Dark and white mode
• 🎨 Syntax highlighting for code
• Todo list like the one on GitHub
• Support for github markdown emojis 👍 :bowtie:
• Support for mermaid diagrams

graph TD;
      A-->B;
      A-->C;
      B-->D;
      C-->D;

Tip

Support of blockquotes (note, tip, important, warning and caution) see here

🚀 Getting started

To install go-grip, simply:

go install github.com/chrishrb/go-grip@latest

Tip

You can also use nix flakes to install this plugin. More useful information here.

🔨 Usage

To render the README.md file simply execute:

go-grip README.md
# or
go-grip

The browser will automatically open on http://localhost:6419. You can disable this behaviour with the -b=false option.

You can also specify a port:

go-grip -p 80 README.md

or just open a file-tree with all available files in the current directory:

go-grip -r=false

It's also possible to activate the darkmode:

go-grip -d .

To terminate the current server simply press CTRL-C.

📝 Examples

🐛 Known TODOs / Bugs

• Tests and refactoring
• Make it possible to export the generated html

📌 Similar tools

This tool is a Go-based reimplementation of the original grip, offering the same functionality without relying on GitHub's web API.