Features

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 (VS Code editor) with Vim support
• 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
• A Home page with recent files, and pinned tags that reopen a saved group of files
• Auto-reload when a file changes on disk
• Export to HTML, print to PDF
• Wikilinks, embeds and callouts alongside standard Markdown. See What Markpad renders below

More

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

Download

Package Managers

Windows (Chocolatey)

choco install markpad-app

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install --cask markpad

Linux (Snap)

sudo snap install markpad 

Direct download

Every file below is on the latest release page, and on markpad.dev.

The two Windows files differ only in that one installs and one does not — -setup.exe puts Markpad in Program Files and the Start menu; the plain .exe runs from wherever you put it.

After a direct .dmg or Homebrew (macOS), *-setup.exe (Windows NSIS) or .AppImage (Linux) install, Markpad self-updates from GitHub releases via the in-app Check for Updates… entry (macOS app menu, or Settings elsewhere). Chocolatey and Snap keep Markpad current through those package managers instead.

.deb and .rpm are one-time installs. tauri-plugin-updater cannot replace a package-managed install, and there is no apt or dnf repository to update from — upgrading means downloading a newer package from the releases page. Check for Updates… recognises a package-managed install and tells you so.

What Markpad renders

Every syntax Markpad renders is in one document — download markdown-syntax.md and open it in Markpad: the preview shows each feature working, the editor beside it shows how each one is written (read it on GitHub first if you like). Give the same file to an AI and it knows exactly what Markpad can render: ask it to reformat a document you already have, or to write a new one that uses the whole range — callouts, tables, footnotes, maths, diagrams — and open the result here.

Installation from source

• Clone the repository
• Run npm install to install dependencies
• Run npm run tauri build to build the executable

Isolated macOS test bundle

For local verification without opening or replacing /Applications/Markpad.app, build an unsigned test-only app with an independent identifier:

MARKPAD_TEST_BUNDLE_ID=dev.example.markpad.test npm run build:test-bundle

The result is placed in dist/test-bundle/. It is not a distributable release: it has no Developer ID notarization or Windows Authenticode signature.

Issues & Feedback

If you find a bug, have a feature request, or just want to leave some feedback, please open an issue. I'm actively developing Markpad and love hearing from users!

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! Markpad is built with SvelteKit and Tauri.

1. Fork & Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Run the dev server: npm run tauri dev (to run the Tauri app locally)
4. Make your changes and ensure type checking passes: npm run check
5. Open a Pull Request!

Please ensure your code follows the existing style and that you add descriptions for any new features.

Screenshots

Split view

Editor toolbar

Home page

Split view minimal

Code blocks

Light mode

Settings

Zen mode

Theme settings

Table of Contents

Theme example

Window tag

Drag and drop