The fastest lightweight markdown editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Built with Tauri, Svelte 5, and CodeMirror 6. No Electron, no bloat.

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• AI Completion
• Configuration
• Tech Stack
• Contributing
• License

• Multi-tab editing — Open multiple files with independent cursor, scroll, and dirty state
• Split view — Edit and preview side by side (horizontal or vertical)
• Live preview — GitHub-flavored Markdown with syntax-highlighted code blocks
• Workspace search — Search across all files with Ctrl+Shift+F
• AI completion — Inline suggestions from Ollama, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, or custom providers
• Auto-completion — Optional debounced suggestions as you type
• Command palette — Quick file access with Ctrl+K
• Dark & Light themes — Toggle with Ctrl+Shift+T
• Secure credentials — API keys stored in OS keychain (GNOME Keyring / macOS Keychain)
• File watcher — Sidebar auto-updates on external file changes
• Frontmatter support — YAML metadata displayed as compact badge in preview
• Lightweight — ~50MB memory, <200ms startup, <10MB binary

Grab the latest release from GitHub Releases:

• Linux: .deb or .AppImage
• macOS: .dmg (ARM and Intel)
• Windows: .msi or .exe

# Prerequisites: Node.js 20+, Rust 1.70+ # Linux: sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev git clone https://github.com/efecanbasoz/markdowned.git cd markdowned npm install npx tauri build

Open Settings (Ctrl+,) to configure your AI provider:

API keys are stored securely in your OS keychain.

Settings stored at ~/.config/markdowned/config.toml:

theme = "dark" split_direction = "horizontal" [completion] provider = "ollama" model = "" auto_completion = false

• Shell: Tauri v2 (native, ~5MB overhead)
• Frontend: Svelte 5 (runes, zero runtime overhead)
• Editor: CodeMirror 6 (20+ language support)
• Markdown: pulldown-cmark (GFM, fast Rust parser)
• Highlighting: syntect (code block syntax colors)
• Security: ammonia (HTML sanitization)

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feat/my-feature)
3. Build with npx tauri build to verify
4. Commit your changes
5. Push to the branch and open a Pull Request

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