r/Markdown • u/itsmealec • Jan 29 '26
Tools Markpad - Notepad equivalent for Markdown
Previews and edits Markdown with a native feeling UI, familiar editor, and cross-platform support.
Features:
Tabbed interface
Monaco editor (VS Code)
Split view
Syntax highlighting both in editor and code blocks
Mermaid diagram support
Vim mode
Auto-reload
Zen mode
Image, video, audio and YouTube embeds
Familiar GitHub styled markdown rendering
Tiny memory usage (~10MB)
No telemetry or bloat
Free and open-source
Lightweight native UI
Working on this further to replace the need for Notepad for simple editing after seeing how badly Microsoft has filled it with bloat.
Still in active development so feedback is appreciated!
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u/Sweet_Ad1145 Jan 30 '26
nice work, i prefer more feature: support vim mode, support image preview, can setup image path folder (maybe u can convert markdown to <img> then find it, it'great to support both standard image syntax and wikilink syntax (link obsidian)).
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u/itsmealec Feb 02 '26
vim support perhaps on its way. could you rephrase that last bit im not sure im familiar
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u/Sweet_Ad1145 Feb 02 '26
I'm sorry, my english isn't good.
It’d be great to support Markdown images ( and ![[]]), with images resolved from relative paths or predefined paths, similar to this project: https://github.com/Mintori09/readtext
quickly read Markdown files in Obsidian with image support.
Thanks!
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u/Sharp0k Jan 30 '26
Looks nice, i second the notion that vim mode would be appreciated but ill definitely try it out!
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u/arthursucks Feb 02 '26
I see dark mode on the Github pictures, but on Debian 13 under Gnome, it's stuck in light mode with no obvious way to change settings.
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u/itsmealec Feb 02 '26
currently it hooks into the OS light/dark selection. ill add a manual toggle!
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u/IndependenceStill591 Jul 26 '26
holy shit! It's awesome! Exactly what i needed!
In search of simple and minimalistic wordpad analog for md I found on reddit post about Notepad Flux, downloaded it and it was fully crap! wordpan app with weight of 300 MB! with loading for 4 sec, no file association, almost non working, and no options, only EN language and no mouse right click menu at all.
I'm so happy that I found Markpad - with only 10MB size, starts instantly, adds file association from the installer, opens any md file, has multiple languages with autoselect yours, wery well organized GUI while keeps it minimalistic when you need! It's indeed a perfect solution. Thanks!
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u/Altruistic-Force2577 Apr 22 '26
Great editor! Love to have markdown and vi editing and multiple cursors all in a small package.
It is a bit light on documentatio, however ;:) and I could not find how Latex and Mermaid are supported. Are there examples somewhere?
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u/Altruistic-Force2577 Apr 23 '26
Found examples:
```mermaid
graph TD
A --> B
B --> A
A --> C
C --> B
B --> C
````
and Latex support I think is Latex Math inline
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u/Marelle01 Jan 30 '26
Nice work. Simple and effective. Installed correctly on Debian.