Markdown Mate: Editor & Notes

- Fixed: clicking a wiki link in the preview now opens the note wherever it is in the open folder, at its heading, like ⌘-click in the editor. A link that can't be followed shows a short message saying why instead of only a beep, and hovering a wiki link in the editor shows "⌘-click to open". Wiki links also find notes whose names are spelled with accents encoded differently, as in files synced from other systems. - Open Quickly (⌘P) with a folder open lists the notes you read last before you type, newest first, so ⌘P then Return goes back to the previous note. - Plain web addresses (https://…) are now clickable links in the preview, and ⌘-click on one in the editor opens the right page even on a line ending with `\` or two spaces.

A fast, native Markdown editor for your Mac. Open a folder of .md files and start writing — your notes stay plain text, in your own folders, and nothing leaves your Mac. No account. No database to import into. No subscription. Markdown Mate works with the files you already have, so you can keep organizing them in Finder, sync them with iCloud Drive or Dropbox, and version them with Git. WRITE, PREVIEW, OR BOTH • Editor, Preview and Side by Side views — switch with ⌘1, ⌘2 and ⌘3 • Markdown styled as you write: bigger headings, real bold, italic and code, with the symbols dimmed but never hidden • Select text and type * _ ` [ ( to wrap it; paste a URL over it to make a link • Smart lists: Return continues lists, quotes and to-dos; Tab and Shift-Tab indent and outdent • Optional line numbers: click one to select the line, drag over them to select several • Formatting toolbar and shortcuts for bold, italic, links, headings and code blocks • Tables made easy: insert one, line up its columns, add or delete rows and columns, Tab between cells, and paste cells from a spreadsheet • Paste from a web page, Pages, Mail or Notes: headings, bold, italic, links and lists arrive as Markdown • Paste or drag in images: they're saved to an "assets" folder next to your note and linked for you A RICH, OFFLINE PREVIEW • Code blocks with syntax highlighting • Math with KaTeX ($…$ and $$…$$) • Mermaid diagrams • Tables, task lists, footnotes and YAML front matter • Click a to-do's checkbox in the preview to check it off in your note • Copy button on every code block • Export any note as HTML, PDF, plain text or rich text, print it, or copy it as rich text for Mail, Pages and Notes FIND YOUR WAY AROUND • Folder sidebar: create, rename, move and drag files in from Finder • Bookmark the folders you use most and switch between them from the sidebar, the File menu (⌃1…⌃9) or Open Quickly • Open a folder with File ▸ Open…, from Finder (Open With) or by dropping it on the Dock icon • Open Quickly (⌘P): jump to any file by typing part of its name • Find in Folder (⇧⌘F): search the text of every note at once • Find in the preview (⌘F): every match highlighted in the rendered note • Document outline: see every heading and jump straight to it • #tags and nested #work/project tags, listed in the sidebar with their notes • [[Wiki links]] between notes, with a list of note names as you type [[ • Link straight to a heading with [[Note#Heading]], or copy a heading's link from the outline • Backlinks and unlinked mentions: the notes that link to this one, and those that only mention it • ⌘-click a link or tag to open it; hover an image link to see the image WORKS WITH YOUR OTHER TOOLS • Shortcuts actions: Create Note, Append to Note, Open Note • markdownmate:// links (x-callback-url) for Raycast, Alfred and scripts • Share a note with Mail, Messages or AirDrop; turn text selected in any app into a note with Services BUILT FOR SPEED Made with AppKit and SwiftUI, not a web wrapper. Typing, scrolling and the preview stay smooth even in multi-megabyte documents: the preview renders only the part you edit. Find in Folder searches thousands of notes in a fraction of a second. FEELS LIKE A MAC APP • Themes for the editor and preview — Paper, Graphite, Solarized or the system look — each in Light and Dark, with a one-click toolbar button to switch • Text zoom, your choice of editor font and line spacing, and a comfortable text width • Choose which buttons appear in the toolbar • Autosave, Versions and Revert, window tabs, Full Screen • Picks up where you left off: your windows, files and reading position come back after a restart • Word count, character count and reading time in the status bar • Make Markdown Mate the default app for .md files PRIVATE BY DESIGN Markdown Mate collects no data: no tracking, no analytics, no account. Everything works offline. Questions or ideas? Write to markdownmate@homielab.com — every message is read.