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Details for Markpad

Package name

  • markpad

License

  • BSD-3-Clause

Last updated

  • 27 August 2026 - latest/stable

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The Notepad equivalent for Markdown

A lightweight, minimalist Markdown viewer and text editor built for productivity across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Reading

  • GitHub-styled rendering, with syntax highlighting in code blocks
  • Maths (KaTeX) and diagrams (Mermaid)
  • Table of contents that follows wherever you scroll
  • Folding by heading, and a Zen mode with everything else out of the way
  • Content zoom, custom typography, custom themes (VS Code themes import)

Editing

  • Monaco (the editor from VS Code) with Vim mode
  • Split view, kept in sync line for line
  • Heading completion for links, and a customisable formatting toolbar
  • Paste an image straight into the document; drag files in to open them

Documents

More

  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • ~10MB of memory, no telemetry, free and open source
  • 26 interface languages
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