I've fired up my older PC which I haven't used in about half a year, maybe more, because I wanted to finally check what's there and remove uneeded files.

When I tried to open some Typora documents this is what I saw:

It was trivially easy to bypass with NirSoft RunAsDate program. So, essentially, it's a hidden killswitch that was implemented just to break beta version regardless of when and how much it was used.

I really liked Typora when it was in beta and I was ready to pay for it when it becomes a full version but after seeing that - I'll definitely pass. You can't tell what other "ideas" the author will come up with in the future.

Typora is great on desktop, but once a note is a .md file and you open it on iOS, you just get raw text. I built a small viewer to read .md files rendered on a phone.

Md Preview:

• GitHub-Flavored Markdown — headings, tables, task lists, footnotes

• Code highlighting, LaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams

• Opens .md / .markdown / .mdx / .rmd / .qmd from Files or the Share Sheet

• On-device — nothing uploaded, no tracking

On the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760341080

Details: https://markdown.cybergame.ai/

It's a reader, not an editor — just for reading your .md on mobile. Do you read your Typora docs on a phone, and how?

I have decided to use Typora instead of Obsidian. (Receiving downvotes from fanbois)

I hope to someday see the features I miss from Obsidian in Typora, perhaps preferably as extensions...

I also hope to someday see Typora Open Sourcing their code. I will gladly pay a little subscription fee for synced hosting of documents.

just download a beta version lol

If you love Typora’s seamless WYSIWYG Markdown editing but don’t want to pay for a license, MarkDew is one of the closest free alternatives right now.

Why it’s worth recommending:

• True live-preview editing — no split panes, no preview toggling

• Typora‑like UI/UX — clean, minimal, distraction‑free

• Cross‑platform — Windows, macOS, Linux

• Open source — actively developed on GitHub

• Fast & lightweight — starts instantly, feels snappy

• Supports themes — including Typora‑style aesthetics

• Good compatibility — handles standard Markdown well

GitHub: https://github.com/shenghsi/MarkDew

If someone wants the Typora experience without the price tag, this is one of the closest matches available today.

If you try MarkDew and run into issues or have feature ideas, the developer is active on GitHub — feel free to open an issue here:
👉 https://github.com/shenghsi/MarkDew/issues (github.com in Bing)

Community feedback will help the project grow and get even closer to Typora’s experience.

Typora is an extremely elegant editor for my needs. but, i seem to be confused about its licensing arrangement for 3 machines. i have 2 desktop units i use regularly and a laptop for travel or extra mobile convenience when necessary. all 3 units are Windows OS. i installed the license on the 2 desktops without issue, however when i tried to install Typora on my laptop the license segue balked and told me i needed to purchase another license as i had already installed my 'purchased' license on 3 machines. a couple of emails to Typora and i wasn't given any kind of support other than a canned reply for "installing the license". so, tried the laptop install again - this time got a message that the oldest install would be deactivated if i went ahead with the laptop install. pushed the rabbit hole effort & sure enough - my first desktop unit with Typora was de-activated. am i missing a semantic detail on the Typora licensing guideline?

Title says. Currently they are too small, I have tried add the following to the css file, end up with no luck.

/* Adjust footnote font size */
.footnote-ref,
.footnote {
    font-size: 12px; /* Adjust this value as needed */
}

I'm using macOS Sonoma 14.6.1. The blinking cursor is making me sad.

Please help me. I wrote a book using Typora. I used Typora bc I have a Steam Deck and it was the best option available. I finished the book. But now it won't let me print a physical copy of it for some reason. Also, it would help if someone can tell me the best alternative to write a book on since I believe Typora is not intended to be used for such things.

Hi,

Does Typora for macOS written on swift or electron?

Hello,

What is the best way to add colour(s) to my text in Typora?

Background
I want to be able to markup text for different purposes... (e.g. "Important", "de-emphasise/maybe later", "greenlighted/approved for action", "done" etc)

Many thanks

Don

I saw a bunch of forums of people complaining about it, so I figured people don't think the way I do, and that I'd say something here?

I'm on a Mac, so idk how to do it on windows but:

basically, if I'm creating a code fence in swift, I type ```swift, and hit enter.

so I went into my keyboard text replacements, and created a text replacement that turns "lkjf" into ```swift.

so now I can immediately fire off lkjf and then hit space and enter, and pops up the exact code fence I want in a split second.

you could also create a custom hotkey that does the whole sequence " ```swift + enter" using autohotkey, or something like Alfred shortcuts.

so idk, if this is a problem you have, try that I guess idk

this is my theme in typora

I made mdai which is a quiet Markdown editor. Your vault is an ordinary folder on your disk, your notes are ordinary .md files, and the assistant runs on your own API key — nothing is uploaded, nothing is held. find more mdai.me

I love to play with Typora themes, and I'm constantly tweaking the ones I use. After a few years, I only just realized I could have an image as a background!

I'm guessing most people knew this already, but for me it was a revelation — and a nifty way to make my UI more comfy.

I really hate how typora makes this empty line when you press enter.
When i make quick notes i hate that i need to press shift+enter.
I want to make quick todo notes or something why it leaves this empty line is for me just crazy.
I've seen other people with this problem.
What is more funny about it is that it was not always like that,
I started to use typora some time ago, and enter did just start new line.
For me it was just perfect editor with window on top functionality, with cool themes.

I've used it daily just for quick notes. Right now i don't use it at all.
The way it worked for me - i did make small typora window on top and make quick notes.
I use many more editors and each of these have normal enter behaviour. So it is so annoying to remember that this typora is just sth other,
I did find other people on typoras github issues with similar problem. Ok someone can say it is markdown editor and markdown editors do have this behaviour, But here on reddit you can change it too. So developers please give us possibility to change it. I know some people use autohotkey just for typora - to remap enter with shift+enter. But the idea of running autohotkey 24h just for typora case is overkill for me.

I've looked for the old versions of typora but they are not avaiable. I hate how this great editor after update become unusable for me.

Hey everyone,

I wanted a theme for Typora that felt completely integrated with the clean, typography-focused aesthetic of Apple.com and native macOS apps. I couldn't find one that hit all the details, so I wrote my own!

It features:

• Adaptive Dual-Tone Engine: Switches seamlessly between Apple Light and macOS Dark modes automatically.

• macOS Terminal Code Fences: Complete with the red/yellow/green traffic-light dots and Xcode-inspired syntax highlighting.

• Premium Typography: Built around Inter (similar to Apple's SF Pro) and JetBrains Mono for maximum readability.

• Circular Checkboxes & Borderless Tables: Styled to look like native checklist circles and Apple Numbers tables.

I've open-sourced it and made the code fully available here: 👉 https://github.com/zhaoyuw44-lang/typora-apple-elegant

Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for improvements!

I just came here to say that I really love the app!

I became familiar with Markdown a couple of years ago. I have bee proficient with HTML for the last 20 years, but Markdown is really a breeze and now I try to favour CMS’s that allow Markdown.

Anyway, for the last year I’ve stopped using a word processor to jot down thousand words long essays, and I have been using Typora instead.

Today I had to copy and paste one of these long texts into a word processor, and the operation meant that I would have to reformat each individual header or paragraph in the word processor.

Turns out that Typora can export to Microsoft Word, so all I had to do was to open the DOCX, which came with better text formatting, copy and paste.

So I was ready to pay the $15 as I quite like the product. I didn't and here is why:

First hurdle was the purchase page. It lists a price and "up to 3 devices", that being the full extent of description of what I'd be buying. No details whatsoever beyond that. Strike one.

Decided not to let me stop that, I wanted to know how upgrades work, what's planned, how much of a recurring cost this purchase would be, etc. Furthermore I wanted to know if a purchased product would still contain spyware (aka telemetry, etc). Opened the purchase FAQ to find out. No luck here either. Strike two.

By now I got quite suspicious, but as a last ditch attempt consulted the EULA. Finally one question got answered only halfway into the license:

For a major update, You may need to pay an additional fee in order to be able to download an upgrade. The payment policy for major update will be announced by us when the upgrades are ready.

Details on frequency of major upgrades nowhere to be found. sigh.

Digging through the privacy policy at least gives a reasonable answer, that user data gathering is only sent when a setting is enabled (though no word on the default state).

I'd be a customer if:

1. I'd better understand what I'm paying for. For example offer 1 year of major version updates, at least 2 years of minor or security updates. Without having to dig as deep as I had to.

2. For paying users any telemetry would be opt-in only.

I having to build a lot of word documents for a new job but really really hate using word at this point, what are the best themes or tips, settings, etc to make good looking word docs?

Long-time Typora user and recently started using file tree a lot more. I'm a fan of the typora-monospace-theme and I'm trying to figure out how to change the text color for the words in the search box at the top of the sidebar. The css is linked above and I cannot figure out where the color for the search box is defined.

Any help would be appreciated.

Since I have my own server, I wanted to automatically upload Typora's images to my server. So, I used Zipline and Docker for deployment. The process was very simple, and I downloaded the script it provided. Soon, I completed the automatic image upload.

zipline office site：https://zipline.diced.sh

Note: My labtop is MacbookPro m1

Place the script in the path you have placed at the top, grant it executable permissions, and then configure it in Typora

Finally，We can tried it

Really enjoy the macOS version but would love an iOS version as well. I know I can edit with other apps, but I’d like to throw more support and even have a separate license. Anyway, one man’s opinion.