internal/gitea/client.go

@@ -751,6 +751,45 @@ func (c *Client) PostComment(ctx context.Context, token, owner, repo string, ind
 	return &comment, nil
 }
 
+// RenderMarkdown renders raw markdown text to HTML using the Gitea API.
+// Falls back to the raw text if the API call fails.
+func (c *Client) RenderMarkdown(ctx context.Context, token, text string) (string, error) {
+	payload, err := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
+		"Text": text,
+		"Mode": "gfm",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return text, fmt.Errorf("marshaling markdown request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	url := c.baseURL + "/api/v1/markdown"
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, strings.NewReader(string(payload)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return text, fmt.Errorf("creating markdown request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "token "+token)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/html")
+
+	resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return text, fmt.Errorf("executing markdown request: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		return text, fmt.Errorf("markdown API error %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	rendered, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return text, fmt.Errorf("reading markdown response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(rendered), nil
+}
+
 // priorityScore returns a numeric score for sorting (lower = higher priority).
 func priorityScore(labels []string) int {
 	for _, l := range labels {

internal/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -366,6 +366,17 @@ func (h *Handler) IssueDetail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		labels = nil
 	}
 
+	// Render markdown body if present.
+	var renderedBody template.HTML
+	if issue.Body != "" {
+		rendered, err := h.Client.RenderMarkdown(r.Context(), token, issue.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("failed to render issue body markdown, using plain text", "error", err)
+		} else {
+			renderedBody = template.HTML(rendered)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Build the content HTML using the template.
 	tmpl, err := template.ParseFiles("internal/templates/issue_detail.html")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -376,12 +387,14 @@ func (h *Handler) IssueDetail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	type templateData struct {
 		Issue           *giteaclient.Issue
+		RenderedBody    template.HTML
 		Comments        []giteaclient.Comment
 		AvailableLabels []giteaclient.Label
 	}
 
 	data := templateData{
 		Issue:           issue,
+		RenderedBody:    renderedBody,
 		Comments:        comments,
 		AvailableLabels: labels,
 	}
@@ -417,6 +430,17 @@ func (h *Handler) PullDetail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Render markdown body if present.
+	var renderedBody template.HTML
+	if pr.Body != "" {
+		rendered, err := h.Client.RenderMarkdown(r.Context(), token, pr.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("failed to render PR body markdown, using plain text", "error", err)
+		} else {
+			renderedBody = template.HTML(rendered)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Build the content HTML using the template.
 	tmpl, err := template.ParseFiles("internal/templates/pull_detail.html")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -427,10 +451,12 @@ func (h *Handler) PullDetail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	type templateData struct {
 		Pull         *giteaclient.PullRequest
+		RenderedBody template.HTML
 	}
 
 	data := templateData{
 		Pull:         pr,
+		RenderedBody: renderedBody,
 	}
 
 	var buf strings.Builder

internal/templates/issue_detail.html

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
     <span class="label" style="color:#{{.Color}};border:1px solid #{{.Color}}">{{.Name}}</span>
     {{end}}
   </div>
-  {{if .Issue.Body}}
+  {{if .RenderedBody}}
+  <div class="card-body markdown-body">{{.RenderedBody}}</div>
+  {{else if .Issue.Body}}
   <div class="card-body">{{.Issue.Body}}</div>
   {{end}}
 </div>

internal/templates/pull_detail.html

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     <span class="diff-del">-{{.Pull.Deletions}}</span>
     {{if .Pull.Mergeable}}<span style="color:var(--accent-green);">Mergeable</span>{{end}}
   </div>
-  {{if .Pull.Body}}
+  {{if .RenderedBody}}
+  <div class="card-body markdown-body">{{.RenderedBody}}</div>
+  {{else if .Pull.Body}}
   <div class="card-body">{{.Pull.Body}}</div>
   {{end}}
 </div>