#A lightweight reader for your Obsidian vault

An Obsidian vault is, underneath, the best thing about Obsidian: a plain folder of Markdown files you fully own. That also means you don't always need the full editor — plugins, graph, sync setup — just to read what's in it.

MD Flow is a fast, native reading companion for that folder.

#When a reader beats an editor

Quick reference. You want to glance at a note, not enter an editing environment. MD Flow opens instantly to a file browser + rendered preview.
Reading on another device. Your vault lives in iCloud? Point MD Flow at it on your iPhone or iPad and read your notes without configuring anything.
Sharing. Export any note as a polished PDF (MD Flow Pro) — math, diagrams, callouts and tables survive the page — and send it to someone who's never heard of Markdown.
Browsing an archive. Old projects, meeting notes, AI-generated research — skim through folders with previews rendering as fast as you can click.

#Your vault's formatting, rendered

MD Flow renders the things vaults are full of:

Callout blocks (> [!note], > [!warning], and friends) with their proper colors
YAML frontmatter as a tidy metadata header instead of raw dashes
KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, syntax-highlighted code, tables, task lists

#Nothing to configure, nothing at risk

MD Flow opens your vault read-only in practice: it never modifies, moves, indexes, or uploads your files. There's no import step and no second copy of your notes — remove the folder connection and nothing has changed. Obsidian stays your editor; MD Flow is the fast way in when you just need to read.

MD Flow is free on the App Store for Mac, iPhone, and iPad (one purchase covers all three).