leaf
Markdown, beautifully rendered in your terminal
leaf.rivolink.mg Source★ 232MITWriting & Documents / Text & Markdown Editors
- Monthly visits
- <5K
- Sep 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- Free
- No monthly subscription pricing
- Launched
- 7mo ago
- 2026-04-24 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Show HN (4 pts)Launch
leaf – one month later: website, releases and lots of improvements — Hi HN, About a month ago, I shared leaf here while it was still in its early stages. Since then, the project has shipped multiple releases…
May 30 · 6mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Show HN (46 pts · 25 comments)Launch
leaf – a terminal Markdown previewer with a GUI-like experience
Apr 24 · 7mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- Hi HN, About a month ago, I shared leaf here while it was still in its early stages. Since then, the project has shipped multiple releases, with UX improvements, bug fixes, and a documentation website now available. leaf is a terminal-based Markdown reader focused on a GUI-like experience, with navigation, search, table of contents, clickable links, syntax h
Open Source & Agent Ecosystem
- GitHub Stars
- ★ 232
- Forks
- 7
- License
- MIT
- Primary language
- JavaScript
Agent, MCP & Developer Integration
CLI / SDKTraffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct34%
- Organic Search27%
- Referrals15%
- Social7%
- Other18%
Countries
- United States84%
- India16%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2023-03-27
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| leaf markdown | 260 |
| leaf markdown viewer | 170 |
| best light markdown viewer wsl low ram | 150 |
| leaf terminal | 110 |
| linux leaf markdown | 80 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Pricing page not identified yet, or no public pricing listed.
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshotsChanges
No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.
Questions & evidence
- How much website traffic does leaf get?
- Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is leaf and what platforms does it support?
- leaf is catalogued under Text & Markdown Editors: Markdown, beautifully rendered in your terminal. Supported platforms: CLI / SDK.
- Is leaf open source?
- leaf has a public repository (https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf) under the MIT license, recording 232 GitHub stars.Source
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