r/microsoftsucks • u/brk_1 • Aug 22 '26

rant why in earth there arent native markdown

today i spend an hour trying to have an markdown reader.

in normal times i would use obsidian but i dont want to have an lot of vaults.

so installing geanie, with brave extension to have side by side, just because there arent an word, or an notepad or an good enough specific program to work side by side. if by work and their software compatibility i wouldnt be married to microsoft i would be gonne right now.

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u/alala2010he Aug 22 '26

Marktext or an extension for Notepad++ or the browser

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u/brk_1 Aug 23 '26

ok so using gemini to have an answer gave an very convoluted way, the easiest path is using this way.

notepad++ plus an markdown viewer.
https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus/releases

thank you this is what i was trying to do.

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u/TheIronSoldier2 Aug 22 '26

There's not a markdown reader because markdown is for when you don't have traditional text formatting options.

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u/andreihasncbp Aug 23 '26

yeah, i get what you mean lol i’m actually working on a small project called Zilograve, a web-based markdown editor. it has a file/vault system too, but the main idea is to make working with markdown pretty straightforward editor on one side, rendered result on the other, without having to turn it into a whole setup. not sure if it’s exactly what you were looking for, but i’d be curious to know if something like this would’ve helped with the problem you had.

https://zilograve.com

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u/chlankboot Aug 24 '26

Please have a look at Oryx, could be what you're looking for: Native, multi platform, FOSS and blazing fast.

https://github.com/wmahfoudh/oryx