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title: Install Markdown Hot Reload on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Markdown Hot Reload for on Kubuntu - Offline,
  read-only GitHub-flavored markdown viewer that reloads on save
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/markdown-hot-reload/kubuntu
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# Install Markdown Hot Reload on **Kubuntu**

# Markdown Hot Reload

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/markdown-hot-reload/kubuntu#install)

#### Offline, read-only GitHub-flavored markdown viewer that reloads on save

**mhr** shows a markdown file in a native window and re-renders it every time the file changes on disk. Your scroll position stays where it was. There is no editing surface, and mhr never writes to the file it opens.

It is built for reading files you did not write, such as a plan produced by an AI agent or a README from a repository you just cloned:

* No network access. The window blocks every outgoing request, so a document renders the same way with the network disconnected.
* No server and no port. Most markdown previewers render to a localhost page that any other process on the machine can read. mhr opens a window instead.
* Raw HTML is filtered to the same safe subset GitHub allows. Hand-written tables, `<details>` and `<kbd>` render; `<script>`, `<style>`, event handlers, inline styles and non-web URLs are removed.

It renders GitHub Flavored Markdown, including tables, task lists, footnotes and alerts, plus syntax-highlighted code blocks, math converted to MathML and Mermaid diagrams. Front matter is removed cleanly instead of showing as a stray paragraph. Images do not display, because mhr reads only the single file you name.

* Open a file from a terminal with: `mhr notes.md`
* Or right-click a markdown file in your file manager and choose **mhr** from the "Open With" menu.

### Package name

* markdown-hot-reload

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 16 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 16 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [mhr.chairulakmal.com](https://mhr.chairulakmal.com/ "https://mhr.chairulakmal.com/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/chairulakmal/markdown-hot-reload](https://github.com/chairulakmal/markdown-hot-reload "https://github.com/chairulakmal/markdown-hot-reload")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/chairulakmal/markdown-hot-reload/issues](https://github.com/chairulakmal/markdown-hot-reload/issues "https://github.com/chairulakmal/markdown-hot-reload/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/markdown-hot-reload/kubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install Markdown Hot Reload

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

### Install Markdown Hot Reload

To install Markdown Hot Reload, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install markdown-hot-reload
```

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