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HopsMD is a lightweight, offline-first Markdown and Mermaid viewer developed and published by CloudBrew, currently available at version 1.4.0 across a release history comprising four versions. Its purpose is to serve as a local reader for Markdown documentation, allowing users to open and review their documents directly on their own machines without depending on an internet connection or external services. A defining capability of the software is its live rendering of MermaidJS diagrams, so documentation that embeds flowcharts, sequence diagrams, or other Mermaid-based visualizations is displayed as rendered graphics rather than raw markup, making it well suited to developers, technical writers, and documentation maintainers who work with diagram-rich Markdown files. Within a software catalog, HopsMD falls into the documentation and developer tooling category, specifically as a local document viewer for Markdown content with integrated diagram support. The project is positioned as a side project of the CloudBrew family of software, reflecting its origins as a companion effort alongside the publisher's other offerings rather than a standalone flagship product. Technically, HopsMD is built on the Tauri v2 framework combined with Angular 21, a pairing that underpins its lightweight footprint and desktop-oriented, offline-first behavior. The application also carries a consistent visual identity: it is themed throughout as a love letter to a properly poured pint of beer, a stylistic choice that runs across the product and its naming. As a catalog entry, the software can be summarized as an offline-first local Markdown reader with live MermaidJS diagram rendering, brewed with Tauri v2 and Angular 21, published by CloudBrew, distributed at current version 1.4.0 with four versions recorded in total, and intended for anyone who needs a dependable, lightweight way to read Markdown documentation locally with rendered diagrams.
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