Markpad
The lightweight Notepad equivalent for Markdown.
Open, edit, and preview Markdown in a fast cross-platform desktop app built with Tauri. Markpad combines tabs and multiple windows with Monaco editing, split view, auto-reload, Vim mode, Mermaid and KaTeX rendering, themes, zen mode, image pasting, and PDF or HTML export without telemetry.
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What is Markpad best for?
Markpad is a free Markdown tool best suited to a fast, familiar desktop editor for opening and polishing individual markdown files. It is available as Desktop app on macOS, Windows, Linux, and it is open source.
At a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Source
- Open source
- Best for
- A fast, familiar desktop editor for opening and polishing individual Markdown files
Capabilities
- Monaco editor
- split view
- tabs and multiple windows
- auto-reload
- Mermaid and KaTeX
- Vim mode
- PDF and HTML export
- no telemetry
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