Dirsv – dir browser, battery packed Markdown previewers

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This is my 2nd time sharing this tool. It is a local directory browser with live reload. Single Go binary, embedded web UI. IMO, it is a better markserv [0] that supports more features I needed for my workflow with markdown and general dir browsing: - Math heavy note. - Tech design docs with heavy mermaid diagrams. - Code file, images, preview. Last time I used markserv, when browsing into an unsupported text files, it is downloaded. dirsv will render the file with syntax highlighting. I also built the companion nvim for this: https://github.com/letientai299/dirsv.nvim Compare to my last Show HN sharing, many bugs was fixed, and a few changes was made: - Sync scroll, cursorline and visual selection between nvim plugin can the previewer. - Change default port ranges to 3579+, to avoid conflict with many other tools that like to use 8xxx range. Disclaimer: this was built with claude code, and, I do code review seriously to make sure I can still work on it without any AI tools. [0]: https://github.com/markserv/markserv

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Hacker NewsStrong engagement from HN community · Strong signals: code review, io · Missing: https docs, excited, just released

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