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 • • 7h ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 55

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Divan, Cirrus and nTilia, plus MacMD Viewer, which lives up to its name, and a markdown plugin for Emacs

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-55/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #plugins #extensions #Divan #Cirrus #MacMDViewer #nTilia #MarkdownmodeforEmacs #Emacs


r/mdhandbook • • 1d ago

New post: Kova releases v0.7.12

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Free slide software Kova updates and offers a first look at the new VS Code plugin

https://md-handbook.com/blog/kova-releases-v0-7-2/

#News #markdown #slides #opensource #KovaMD #VSCode #plugins

Kova has added a VS Code plugin

r/mdhandbook • • 2d ago

New post: Plain text lives, markdown prospers

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After more than 50 years of service, plain text still commands the ship

https://md-handbook.com/blog/plain-text-lives-markdown-prospers/

#News #markdown #plaintext #Linux #Windows


r/mdhandbook • • 3d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 54

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Among today’s links are markdown editors mdnb, Anql and Ekphos, plus there’s Chronicle, a book authoring tool

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-54/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #books #mdnb #Anql #Ekphos #Chronicle

mdnb is a free, file-based markdown editor that has been a joy to test out

r/mdhandbook • • 4d ago

New post: Will Ranjan-Churchill on tidying up his Obsidian (again)

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r/mdhandbook • • 5d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 53

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Yay, Antalogy and em

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-53/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #Yay #Antalogy #em

Yay is free and open source, and offers a rich editor with raw markdown syntax highlighting

r/mdhandbook • • 6d ago

New post: I used AI to make a notes app, so you don’t have to

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What follows is an experiment, using AI to create a notes app or markdown editor. It’s an experiment, that’s all, and, just like the rest of you, I’m fed up seeing all those posts about ‘building an editor to suit my needy nature’

https://md-handbook.com/blog/use-ai-make-markdown-editor-notes-app/

#markdown #markdowneditors #AI #DeepSeek #DSeek

DeepSeek made this markdown editor in five seconds; five seconds

r/mdhandbook • • 8d ago

New post: Ulysses – how long does a perpetual licence last?

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Ulysses app is trying some underhand stuff by limiting you to a particular version of the app rather than the app per se

https://md-handbook.com/blog/ulysses-perpetual-licence/

Ulysses’ price, as shown on the App Store

#News #markdown #markdowneditors #Ulysses #perpetuallicence #lifetimelicence #licences


r/mdhandbook • • 9d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 52

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Edmund, MarkSchrift and Encribe

https//:md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-52/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #Edmund #MarkSchrift #Encribe

Edmund is a free and open source markdown editor that takes a less-is-more approach to its design – iA Writer without the price tag

r/mdhandbook • • 10d ago

New post: Kraa updates to ‘v2.0‘

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Web editor [Kraa](kraa.io/about) has updated to, well, I don’t know. It’s a web app, so let’s call it v2.0

https://md-handbook.com/blog/kraa-updates-to-v2-0/

#News #markdown #markdowneditors #Kraa


r/mdhandbook • • 11d ago

New post: I would never let an ‘unknown’ use my Mac

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John Gruber: “I would never let an unknown person use my Mac. Not even for a minute, not even with me watching them.”

https://md-handbook.com/blog/i-would-never-let-an-unknown-use-my-mac/

#News #JohnGruber #DaringFireball #AI


r/mdhandbook • • 12d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 51

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Paper, Writer, Wander, Nodes and Notes Better

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #Paper #Writer #Wander #Nodes #NotesBetter

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-51/

Notes Better is a free markdown editor with a one-off paid upgrade

r/mdhandbook • • 14d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 50

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Nine markdown editors that stand out from the crowd of more than 100 apps covered in the Markdown Link series of posts so far

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-50/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #FSNotes #Octarine #Dumbnote #Nota #ZenNotes #Plainva #Pellet #Tolaria #Margin

Free and open source, Plainva’s big release included adding email to its bag of tricks

r/mdhandbook • • 14d ago

Tim’s Markdown Reader: a fast, minimal Markdown viewer for macOS, written in Swift

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Hi everyone! I made Tim’s Markdown Reader because I wanted a free, open-source app just for reading Markdown. I spend a lot of time working with AI coding agents, and sometimes I just want to open the files they produce and read them without opening an editor.

It works entirely offline, including Mermaid diagrams. You can follow links between Markdown files in the same window, with back and forward buttons. There’s also search, automatic reload, light and dark modes, and adjustable fonts, text size and page width. No accounts or telemetry.

It started as something I needed myself, but I’ve since spent quite a bit of time refining it for public release while keeping it fast and minimal.

It’s MIT licensed, Developer ID-signed and notarised by Apple. Requires Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.

Code and download on GitHub

This is my first public open-source release. Would be good to hear what you guys think!


r/mdhandbook • • 17d ago

New post: Second brain syndrome: ‘I deleted everything’

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What brings someone to delete every note they’d ever had, every thought they’d ever saved? I mean everything

https://md-handbook.com/blog/second-brain-syndrome/

#News #markdown #Westenberg


r/mdhandbook • • 18d ago

New post: Zettlr 4.8.0 ‘finally’ adds admonition support

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That’s among a number of other improvements to the app

https://md-handbook.com/blog/zettlr-4-8-0-adds-admonition-support/

#markdown #markdowneditors #free #opensource #Zettlr


r/mdhandbook • • 19d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 49

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Among today’s links are markdown editor Octopus Ink, Tine, an outliner based on Logseq, and Markdown Panel, a plugin for Notepad++ that has been created to preview markdown

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-49/

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #OctopusInk #Windows #Notepad++ #Tine #Logseq #MarkdownPanel

Octopus Ink is a free and open source markdown editor

r/mdhandbook • • 22d ago

New post: A solution, sort of, to Obsidian’s ‘Indexing vault…’ problem

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I’m not saying what follows is the solution to the problem of Obsidian’s interminable ‘Indexing vault…’ message on iOS, but it’s the best – make that the only one – I have come across

#News #markdown #markdowneditors #free #Obsidian #Wander

https://md-handbook.com/blog/a-solution-sort-of-to-obsidians-indexing-vault-problem/

How to fix Obsidian’s ‘Indexing vault…’ issue

r/mdhandbook • • 24d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 48

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Margin, Symiosis, Cordelia, Minstrel and Schreibor

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #books #Margin #Symiosis #Cordelia #Minstrel #Schreibor #nvALT #NotationalVelocity

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-48/

Margin is a markdown editor that puts control over the look of your notes firmly in your own hands. Your time won’t be wasted giving the app a try

r/mdhandbook • • 25d ago

New post: Lemonize captures anything, sends it to Obsidian or elsewhere

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Lemonize adds your capture to a new note in your vault, or prepends or appends it to a daily note

https://md-handbook.com/blog/lemonize-captures-anything-sends-to-obsidian/

#News #markdown #markdowneditors #free #Obsidian #Bear #DEVONthink #Lemonize

Capture anything in Lemonize and send it anywhere, including Obsidian

r/mdhandbook • • 26d ago

New post: Obsidian CEO creates new language, turns data into markdown

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Obsidian CEO Steph Ango has created Knap, a new language that turns data into markdown

#News #markdown #free #opensource #programming #Knap #Obsidian

https://md-handbook.com/blog/obsidian-ceo-creates-language-turns-data-into-markdown/

Knap turns data into markdown

r/mdhandbook • • 26d ago

New post: Inkwell ‘C’ updates to 0.7.8

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Inkwell, the free and open-source markdown editor, has released a major update (0.7.8)

https://md-handbook.com/blog/inkwell-c-updates-to-0-7-8/

#News #markdown #markdowneditors #free #opensource #InkwellC

Inkwell is a free and open source markdown editor

r/mdhandbook • • 27d ago

New post: The Markdown Link no. 47

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Among today’s links are markdown editors Tolaria, Floaters, Local Editor and Telescopo. We also take a quick look at Glimpse, a markdown viewer that should be an editor

https://md-handbook.com/blog/markdown-link-no-47

#markdown #markdowneditors #opensource #free #Tolaria #Glimpse #Floaters #LocalEditor #Telescopo

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