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title: Install Markpad on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Markpad for Linux - The Notepad equivalent
  for Markdown
url: https://snapcraft.io/markpad
---

# Markpad

[alecdotdev](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alecdotdev "View all snaps from alecdotdev")

* [alecdotdev](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alecdotdev "View all snaps from alecdotdev")
* [Productivity](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=productivity)
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 2.8.4

Install latest/stable of Markpad

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install markpad
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* markpad

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### License

* BSD-3-Clause

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### Last updated

* 7 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [markpad.dev](https://markpad.dev "https://markpad.dev")

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### Donations

* [github.com/sponsors/alecdotdev](https://github.com/sponsors/alecdotdev "https://github.com/sponsors/alecdotdev")

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### Source code

* [github.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad](https://github.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad "https://github.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad/issues](https://github.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad/issues "https://github.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/markpad#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/markpad#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/markpad#tab-security)

#### 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**

* Tabs, multiple windows, window tags, and a session that comes back
* Auto-reload when a file changes on disk
* Export to HTML, print to PDF
* Wikilinks, embeds and callouts alongside standard Markdown. See supported markdown syntax: <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sftwrdotdev/Markpad/master/samples/markdown-syntax.md>

**More**

* Windows, macOS and Linux
* No telemetry, free and open source
* 26 interface languages

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## Install Markpad on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/markpad/ubuntu)