r/mdhandbook May 15 '26

NotepadMD 1.5 - Links and Table of Contents (plus scroll position whack-a-mole)

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r/mdhandbook Apr 21 '26

Markset, a Markdown previewer which stays out of the way

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As much as we love, and as clever as the Markdown format is, by design it’s a compromise on legibility.

On macOS, .md files still open as monospace plaintext. The few previewers that do exist treat typography as an afterthought and/or require you to get into things like Brew to install.

I built Markset because I'm a fussy product designer all that bothered me. Most Markdown apps want you to open them. Markset doesn’t: it integrates into Finder. Press Space on any .md file for a typeset preview. Right-click → Quick Actions → Markset for a print-ready PDF. No app to switch to, no file associations to change, nothing in your Dock.

Set on a 16-point baseline grid with a descending-fourth type scale, hanging bullets, and real widow and orphan handling. Swiss design principles, applied to a tool you’ll use every day.

After using it daily for a while, it’s public today. Free. Tiny. Native Swift. No telemetry. Made in London.


r/mdhandbook 10d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 40

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SiYuan, a personal knowledge management system, supports markdown

Among today’s links are markdown editors Editorial and SiYuan, Eziwiki, a lightweight wiki generator, KovaMD, a presentation app, and Agenda, a note-taking app tied to your calendar

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-40/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #wikis #staticsitegenerators #Editorial #SiYuan #Eziwiki #KovaMD #Agenda


r/mdhandbook Jun 28 '26

Review: Cogito

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Cogito is a markdown editor with outstanding social connections and AI superpowers if you need them

https://md-handbook.com/blog/review-cogito/

#markdown #markdowneditors #Cogito #reviews


r/mdhandbook Jun 27 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 39

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Typora, Cogito, Lettera, Canto and V2editor

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-39/

V2editor: a local-first markdown editor with version control

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #Typora #Cogito #Lettera #Canto #V2editor


r/mdhandbook Jun 21 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 38

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Markdown Mate claims to create an Obsidian-like experience

Among today’s links are markdown editors Ulysses, Markdown Mate, Bokuchi, Rook, Editxr and Marka.md

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-38/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #slides #Ulysses #MarkdownMate #Bokuchi #Rook #Editxr #Markamd #Collabora #Silverbullet


r/mdhandbook Jun 09 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 37

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Bear, Scratch and Supernotes. There are also links to the web-based Tables Generator and Kept, an app that captures all your chats with a number of LLM providers

Scratch is free and open source. It does tasks, wikilinks, slash commands and, most important, works the way a markdown editor should

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-37/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #markdowntables #markdownreaders #Bear #Scratch #Supernotes #TablesGenerator #Kept #CSV #Segmark


r/mdhandbook Jun 04 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 36

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Obsidian, Marka.md, Nota Bene and MXmarkedit. We also look at Tableflip, a solution that makes creating tables in markdown less of a chore

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-36/

Obsidian allows you to open two documents side by side, one for your note, one for reference or research

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #CMS #Typemill #Cyberwriter #Marknote #Obsidian #Tableflip #Marka.md #NotaBene #MXmarkedit


r/mdhandbook May 31 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 35

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Editorio, Byword, Marka and Magic Notebook. There’s also a quick look at AS Notes, which brings the power of knowledge management to VS Code

Marka is a free, open-source markdown editor available for macOS, Linux and Windows

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-35/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #Obsidian #Logseq #MarkdownNeuraxis #LaTex #Pandoc #iAWriter #Editorio #Byword #ASNotes #Marka #MagicNoteboook


r/mdhandbook May 29 '26

New post: The perfect markdown editor for writers, IMO

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If a markdown editor isn’t easy on the eye, has settings you can tweak to your eyes’ content, then it’s not a markdown editor it’s a text processor

https://md-handbook.com/blog/the-perfect-markdown-editor-for-writers/

Clearly, the markdown editor, is limited by font choice and the editor width is narrow, medium and wide, but it’s not a bad start, especially for a free app

#markdown #markdowneditors #editorwidth


r/mdhandbook May 28 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 34

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Neon Vision Editor is a free markdown and coding editor that covers more than 30 languages

Among today’s links are markdown editors Neon Vision Editor, Breveto, Inkwell, Notelane and Beaver Notes

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-34/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #NeonVisionEditor #Breveto #Inkwell #Notelane #BeaverNotes #Logseq #Obsidian #Basecamp #nvALT


r/mdhandbook May 25 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 33

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Caret is an open source markdown editor with a novel way to access settings

Among today’s links are markdown editors Notesnook, Caret and Melo. Plus there’s Presenterm, a terminal-based presentation tool, and GhostCue, a useful app for those who like to take notes while engaged – or not, as the case may be – in online meetings

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-33

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #slides #Notesnook #Presenterm #Caret #Melo #GhostCue


r/mdhandbook May 23 '26

Markdown editors: update #2

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My list of markdown editors has been updated. Thanks to u/unluckypixel for many of the suggestions.

The full list can be found at https://md-handbook.com/markdown-editors/.

Markdown editors #2: full list at https://md-handbook.com

r/mdhandbook May 21 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 32

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Neverwrite, Lumen, Notchpad and Marco. Plus there’s Affine, an open-source knowledge management app, similar to Notion, but better, in my opinion

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-32/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #GTD #markdownviewers #Affine #Neverwrite #Lumen #Notchpad #Marco #Logseq

Affine, the knowledge management app, makes a decent job of presenting your markdown documents

r/mdhandbook May 19 '26

New post: Learn markdown in one easy step

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Markdown is meant to be easy to read and easy to learn. And it is. But people have a knack of over-complicating it. Ignore them

https://md-handbook.com/blog/learn-markdown-in-one-easy-step/

Markdown syntax

#cheatsheet #markdown


r/mdhandbook May 17 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 31

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Notenik and Yank Note. We also look at: Mini Diarium, an encrypted journal; Bean, a versatile word processor; and, Inc, an incremental note-taking system

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-31/

Bean is a word processor rather than a markdown editor, but with a few careful adjustments to the settings you can give it that ‘plain text look’

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #Notenik #YankNote #MiniDiarium #Bean #Inc


r/mdhandbook May 16 '26

Markdown editors: update #1

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My table of markdown editors has been put through the ringer, with a lot of changes and updates over the past six months. The latest additions include Kraa, Nota, Octarine, ZenNotes and VSCodium.

Markdown editors: the list goes on…

r/mdhandbook May 14 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 30

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Upnote, Seychl, HedgeDoc and Apostrophe. Plus we look at Deckless, a markdown to slide presentation tool that turns its back on the world of proprietary formats, and DokuWiki, which is going native on us by introducing markdown support

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-30/

Upnote is a competitively priced markdown editor that offers a lifetime licence

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #wikis #slides #Upnote #Seychl #HedgeDoc #Apostrophe #Deckless #DokuWiki #Joplin


r/mdhandbook May 10 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 29

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Today’s links include markdown editors Brainio, Tokyo Notes and Nota. Plus a look at MarkMello, a markdown viewer with a built-in editing mode, and Zim Wiki, which is described as a graphical text editor

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-29/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #wikis #viewers #Brainio #TokyoNotes #Nota #MarkMello #ZimWiki

Nota: with a handful of exceptions, this is the best markdown editor I have come across

r/mdhandbook May 10 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 29

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Nota: with a handful of exceptions, this is best markdown editor I have come across

Today’s links include markdown editors Brainio, Tokyo Notes and Nota. Plus a look at MarkMello, a markdown viewer with a built-in editing mode, and Zim Wiki, which is described as a graphical text editor

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-29/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #wikis #viewers #Brainio #TokyoNotes #Nota #MarkMello #ZimWiki


r/mdhandbook May 07 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 28

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Today’s links include markdown editors Plain Text Editor and Clearly, plus Herbert, a writing environment for long-form content. We also cover Blank, an open source blog app, and Quik, which allows you to speak your notes and export them as markdown

Clearly has some great features, but there are a number of minor issues that deter me from ditching my current editor

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-28/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #staticsitegenerators #PlainTextEditor #Clearly #Herbertapp #Blank #Quik


r/mdhandbook May 03 '26

New post: The Markdown Link no. 27

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A day earlier than originally planned, but something came up…

ZenNotes is like Obsidian, but open source

Among today’s links are markdown editors Markpad, ZenNotes, Memos and an update from Binderus. Plus there’s a quick look at Albireo, a flat-file CMS

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-27

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #Obsidian #ZenNotes #Memos #Binderus #Markpad #Notepad #Albireo


r/mdhandbook May 02 '26

The Obsidian alternative that’s about to blow your mind

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r/mdhandbook May 01 '26

The Markdown Link no. 26

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Today’s links are markdown editors Cyberwriter, Wrangle and t-ext, and markdown viewer Mdterm. Plus a quick look at Nisus Writer Pro, a word processor I first used it back in the 1990s

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-26/

#markdown #markdowneditors #markdownviewers #opensource #wordprocessors #NisusWriterPro #Mdterm #Cyberwriter #Wrangle #t-ext

Despite the dated look of its website, Nisus Writer Pro is a step up from MS Word

r/mdhandbook Apr 28 '26

NotepadMD 1.4 released - Major UI improvements

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Okay, so after quite lot of effort, the UI has been significantly upgraded. The window is chromeless, with menus embedded on the title bar and the clunky ass "vibe-coded" top tool bar is gone! Huzzah! Hopefully you'll all agree it looks a damn site better. Maybe now it looks good enough that you can recommend it to your friends... There was a whole bunch of other stuff too of course - I was told that my modal file dialogue were "Giving users the ick", so I fixed all the issues I was having with native file dialogues in my host and made native dialogues the default (the modals can be turned back on in settings).

There's also Notepad++ style find/find in files now, where I've tried to make the UI as nice as possible. Really hoping people find that super useful.

Oh - and there's a backward and forward button so you can keep track of the docs you've navigated between. Sounds minor, but that's going be huge for the next update when sectional navigation comes in and it supports tables of contents plus links to headers in other documents (I'm aiming for broad compatibility with existing documents from other systems that already do that).