---
title: "Run README.md in your terminal"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/run-readme-md-in-your-terminal-xrqhgkdgf
source_url: https://dev.to/sourishkrout/run-readmemd-in-your-terminal-19i
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2022-08-12T02:22:49.997Z
updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z
tags: ["github", "markdown"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 79
comments: 3
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run README.md in your terminal

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 3 min read · 79 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

README is a markdown-based README.md file that lives in your repo’s version control. It has become part of modern development culture, and you will find them everywhere.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://dev.to/sourishkrout/run-readmemd-in-your-terminal-19i>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@rogan** · 6 upvotes

> ![but why](https://c.tenor.com/jGgmfDOxmuMAAAAS/ryan-reynolds-but-why.gif)

**@huncho254** · 0 upvotes

> 😎

**@abser** · 0 upvotes

> It seems so cool!

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