glow

name	glow
description	Use this skill when the user wants to render markdown files in the terminal, view README files with formatting, or display markdown with syntax highlighting.

glow Plugin

Render markdown on the CLI with pizzazz. A markdown renderer with syntax highlighting, automatic paging, and support for multiple output styles.

Commands

Markdown Rendering

• glow markdown render — Render markdown file
• glow markdown stdin — Render markdown from stdin

Utility

• glow _ _ — Passthrough to glow CLI

Usage Examples

• "Render this README file"
• "View markdown with formatting"
• "Display README in terminal"
• "Render markdown from stdin"

Installation

brew install glow

Or via Go:

go install github.com/charmbracelet/glow@latest

Examples

# Render markdown file
glow markdown render README.md

# Render with specific style
glow markdown render --style dark README.md
glow markdown render --style light README.md

# Set wrap width
glow markdown render --width 80 README.md

# Disable pager
glow markdown render --no-pager README.md

# Render from stdin
cat README.md | glow markdown stdin

# Render multiple files
glow markdown render README.md CONTRIBUTING.md

# Any glow command with passthrough
glow _ _ README.md
glow _ _ --style dark --width 100 README.md

Key Features

• Syntax highlighting — Code blocks with syntax highlighting
• Automatic paging — Page large files automatically
• Multiple styles — Auto, dark, light themes
• Wrap control — Configure text wrapping
• Pipeline support — Read from stdin
• TUI mode — Interactive terminal UI with -a flag
• Configurable — Custom configuration file
• Fast rendering — Efficient markdown parsing
• Link support — Clickable links in supported terminals
• Emoji support — Render emojis in markdown

Notes

• Uses less as pager by default
• Can be used as git pager
• Configuration file at ~/.config/glow/glow.yml
• Supports GitHub Flavored Markdown
• TUI mode available with glow -a