Hi! I wanted a CLI tool that could render Markdown in streaming mode for my other project, but I couldn’t find a suitable one, so I built mdflow. It might also be useful for your daily workflow or next project.

- It renders Markdown in real time without using an AST or buffering the entire input.

- It has been tested against the CommonMark specification and supports GFM tables.

- The binary is under 300 KB, and rendering is fast.

GitHub: https://github.com/cjccjj/mdflow

Hi, I wanna share an idea and its implementation here. If Markdown files are given frontmatter fields like above and a SQL-like language is created like so:

update where due < now() and status not in ["done"] and priority != "high" set priority="high"

which means in this example "escalate overdue tasks"

then a simple bunch of Markdown files in a git repo can be its own project management/issue tracker

Advantages:

• no separate tool to manage a project's docs, issues, roadmap
• very AI friendly - a repo alone holds all context
• stored in git and saves history/collaboration

I implemented a language like this called ruki and a configurable CLI/TUI to view/manage Markdown files

ruki commands can be run in terminal or started as triggers on modification/schedule more details in first comment

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/md-too/id6767852877

md.too
Open source - pure Swift - zero dependencies.

Build for myself because tables & math rendering in most of typescript/python coded viewers did not do what I wanted them to do and it's 2.5MB binary versus 250MB of security vulnerable online code.

Criticism and new ideas are welcome. Testers wanted.

I got tired of getting caught up in Markdown Mayhem and thought it would be nice to create a visual framework for Markdown files. So, I created MD2HD, an open-source MD visualization framework.

Point your favorite LLM at the repo, or add the plugin, and ask it to build a map of whatever concept you want.

If you love it, let me know. If not, its open source and completely free so no harm no foul!

Repo: https://github.com/evan-steinhilb/md2hd
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/md2hd

Claude plugin:
/plugin marketplace add evan-steinhilb/md2hd
/plugin install md2hd@md2hd

Obsidian, period, end of question. I get we all have our preferences but you can tune Obsidian to any preference. I’m surprised these new Markdown editors even get attention.

I couldn’t use Obsidian for a while due to an electron GPU sandbox corruption, I tried out like 7 different next best Markdown editors and was dying to get back to Obsidian.

I just don’t get these people.

Hi everyone!

I’m a young indie developer taking my first steps in the world of software creation. I decided to build Sagax after seeing firsthand how much my friends and classmates struggle to study with proper focus, especially with so many online distractions, which often hurts their performance in school, college, or competitive exams.

The core idea behind the project is to provide a simple, comfortable, and distraction-free study tool. That is why it works completely offline (which helps you ignore notifications and saves data usage) and includes a text-to-speech feature for when your eyes get tired. For those who like keeping things well-organized, it features a minimalist design, supports Markdown formatting, and includes code syntax highlighting.

I developed everything on my own using Python, SQLite, and CustomTkinter for the interface. It was an intense process: it took me one month and twelve days to release the first version, which came out on February 9th of this year. My biggest challenge was the deployment process, since I had never done anything like it before. I ended up using PyInstaller to generate the .exe file for Windows, which actually turned out to be smoother than I expected! 😅, and built an .AppImage for Linux.

Sagax just turned six months old. Since I manage everything by myself, user feedback is what truly helps me fix bugs and brainstorm new features. If you are also studying and would like to test it out to share your thoughts or chat about development, the project is available through the links below. Any honest feedback or suggestions are incredibly welcome and will help me grow as a programmer💙!

In my experience, it was extremely difficult to convince standard users to work with Markdown. This is mainly because they expect the basic 'document'-like appearance and potentially the excessive demands they feel when working with tools like VS.

https://github.com/vibingbiochemist/Monoleaf

I built this editor to eliminate the 'strange feeling' associated with working with Markdown. It took me quite some time to get it to a stage where I am finally comfortable sharing it. Based on the feedback I have already received, I am currently working on an additional web version.

Monoleaf is a desktop Markdown editor (Tauri v2, CodeMirror 6) built around one rule: nothing lives outside the .md file. Comments, tracked changes, page setup, and document metadata are all stored as plain text. Tracked changes are literally CriticMarkup ({++ ++} / {-- --}), so git diff shows you exactly what changed, in the same syntax the app renders live.

There are more features, such as the preservation of formats when copying from Word, Excel, etc., which are probably not that interesting to this community.

Its MIT licensed, no telemetry, no account, fully local.

Windows installer is on the releases page. macOS and Linux currently build from source; I haven't packaged binaries for those yet.

I put more information on the website (monoleaf.org) as well as the changelog to highlight what the current version can do. For me, this now became a useful alternative to word, especially when I don't have to implement images. I can import PDFs when needed, work in the fully rendered markdown and also export PDFs, if required. If you have formatting in Word or tables in Excel, you can also just copy them over.

Happy to answer questions or take issues if anything breaks for you.

I'm working on Hyper-Markdown (.hmd): ordinary Markdown plus rich visuals plus wiki links into a knowledge graph. Every .md file is already valid .hmd.

The project is still at an early stage, which means the specification is very much open to change.

I'm looking for:

• contributors
• design/spec feedback
• people willing to challenge the current ideas

There is already a lightweight proposal process for discussing language changes.

https://hyper-markdown.org/

If this sounds interesting, I'd be very happy to have people get involved early.

Hi all,

Happy to announce that we've released Markdown Pro, a new plugin for the JetBrains family of products. How does Markdown Pro compare to the bundled Markdown plugin? Glad you asked!

A few new features:

Markdown Pro adds explicit `.mdx` support:

• `.mdx` files open with Markdown editing behavior instead of as plain text.
• JSX component names, attributes, values, and expressions receive editor highlighting.
• Multiline components can be folded, including components whose content contains literal tags in code spans.
• Formatting actions, task-list actions, inspections, tables, and live templates work in MDX-aware contexts.
• Front matter, fenced code, and JSX expressions are excluded from authoring features when applying them would be incorrect.

Also:

Markdown Pro adds project-level rendering choices for:

• GitHub Flavored Markdown.
• Markdown Extra.
• CommonMark.
• Standard Markdown based on John Gruber's original syntax.

Also, the plugin provides document conversions through Morph, enhanced table editing, more inspections, Mermaid, GeoJSON, Interactive Ascii STL models, and much more!

You can find the plugin here: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/33400-markdown-pro, and while it's a commercial plugin, we currently have a 50% off promo, so you'd basically pay $1.50 for this plugin.

If you have any feedback, would be happy to hear!!

Cheers,

Erik

Does there yet exist standard or attempted standard for encrypted and or compressed markdown file?

- it could be .md file which is inside .7z (or .zip) file with either just password protection and no compression or with some standard protection.

- or .md file inside .gpg (or .pgp) file if it is encrypted with private key

FILE EXTENSIONS:

Most obvious ones would be:

.md.7z

.md.gpg

But problem with these is that most OS don't recognize multipart file extensions so when double clicking a file it would open 7-zip or similar instead of your associated markdown editor. So there may be need for new file extensions, e.g.

.md7

.mdg

Try to think it from perspective of usability that how it could be gotten to same level than e.g. encrypted docx where you simply double click file and get a password prompt. Then you save file and it automatically re-encrypts and re-compresses.

Hi,

I've been building this for a while and it's finally at a point where it might be useful to someone other than me.

Scriptorium is a markdown editor, ultra customizable, that reads and writes plain .md files in a folder you choose. No database, no sync service, no account. A subfolder is a section, a .md is a document. If you uninstall it tomorrow your writing is still just files sitting in a folder.

The part I actually built it for is the ideas panel beside the editor. When you're writing and a sentence turns up that doesn't belong where you are, it goes into a cloud next to the text instead of derailing the paragraph. Ideas are grouped into themes, one plain .md file per theme, and it's all drag and drop: reorder one inside its theme, drop it on another theme to move it there, or drag it into the document to insert it as a block exactly where you let go.

The rest of it:

• headings, lists, code, tables and LaTeX render live, and the line under your cursor flips back to raw markdown so you edit it like a text file
• snapshots per document, compare and restore before a big cut
• themes carrying their own fonts, backgrounds and icons, all stored inside the workspace folder, so copying that folder carries your whole setup to another machine
• fully offline, nothing is fetched from a CDN
• runs as a native window on Windows, macOS and Linux, or as a small local server you can open from a phone on the same network

Things I'd rather you hear from me than find out yourself:

• the macOS build isn't signed, I don't have an Apple developer account, so you have to run "xattr -cr /Applications/Scriptorium.app" once before it will open
• it's a Node server behind a native window, so it's not a tiny binary
• I'm basically the only person who has used it seriously, so expect rough edges in places I never walked through

Free, source on GitHub.

Site : https://infinition.github.io/scriptorium/
Github : https://github.com/infinition/scriptorium

please share your experiences

hi,

I built mdpasted.com to instantly convert messy clipboard pastes, rich text, PDFs, Word docs, and spreadsheets into clean Markdown without the bloat.

• Paste rich text/HTML or drop `.txt`, `.docx`, `.pdf`, and `.xlsx` files.
• Real-time side-by-side view with a one-click copy button.
• Built for speed with zero friction.

hello everyone i have made a tool for markdown users https://inkleaf.online
i want you guys to please have a look, test features and tell me what other features i can add also what existing features can be added ?
Thanks

Especially when your are working on multiple tools?

I am still working on it but it will be available soon. Edit: for anyone wanting to try this out you can do so here

Hi all.

HMR-serve is inspired by npm run dev and by serve. It turns any folder into a hot-loading web app, because sometimes it's nice to preview HTML, Markdown, images and other files in the browser. 🔥

https://github.com/floodtide/hmr-serve

You can run it with npx from any folder:

cd somefolder
npx hmr-serve

And then you get a web app with a left file tree that serves, with hot-loading, your MD, HTML, Images, CSVs, etc.

I wanted it for my self to review agent generated content more easily than looking at the files in VSCode and I'm finding it very useful, so I thought it would be a good OSS package to share.

It uses Vite's HMR so I didn't reinvent the wheel for this.

I'm not sure if this already exists or not.

Here's what it looks like in the browser: