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Markd.ly: The markdown editor that respects your output.

Write in plain markdown and export it as the document you meant.

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  • Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android
  • $19.99 once, every platform
Markd.ly on an iPad in Split view: markdown on the left, the rendered preview on the right.

Built for writers who ship

You write in plain markdown. The people you send it to get a polished PDF, Word file or web page.

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  • Editor, Preview & Split Every device

    Switch views whenever you like. Split puts your markdown and the preview side by side on a computer, an iPad or an Android tablet, and stacks them on a phone.

  • Mermaid diagrams & math Every device

    Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math render right in the preview as you type, on every device, even offline.

  • Plain .md files Every device

    Your documents stay plain .md files, wherever you keep them. No vault, no import, no lock-in.

  • Cloud library Every device

    Tap Add to Cloud on a document, then open it from your cloud library on any device you sign in on. Nothing moves on its own. Up to 500 documents of up to 512 KB each.

  • Native, not Electron Every device

    A native app on every system: SwiftUI on Mac, WPF on Windows, GTK on Linux, and native apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. Not Electron.

  • HTML & PDF export Mac, Windows & Linux

    Export clean HTML or print-ready PDF from any document on Mac, Windows and Linux. An HTML export is one self-contained file, with its diagrams and math inside.

  • Word, EPUB, LaTeX & slides Mac, Windows & Linux

    Export to Word (DOCX), EPUB, LaTeX and reveal.js slides with Pandoc on Mac, Windows and Linux. On Mac and Windows these four are converted on our server and sent straight back, not kept, so you need to be online and signed in. Linux converts them on your computer.

  • Your own CSS Mac, Windows & Linux

    On Mac, Windows and Linux, start from a built-in preview theme and layer your own CSS on top.

  • Snippets Mac, Windows & Linux

    Type a short trigger, press Tab, and the whole block drops in, with today’s date, the time or the cursor placed where you want it. Snippets stay on the computer you make them on.

  • Vim mode Mac, Windows & Linux

    Turn on vim mode for normal, insert and visual modes, the motions and operators you reach for, counts, dot-repeat and :w and :q. It’s off until you switch it on.

  • Encrypted documents Mac, Windows & Linux

    Lock a document with a passphrase. It’s saved with AES-256-GCM, so the file on disk can’t be read without the passphrase. The file format is the same on Mac, Windows and Linux.

  • Folder search Mac, Windows & Linux

    Look for a word or phrase across a whole folder of documents and jump straight to the line where it appears.

  • Three preview themes Every device

    Pick one of three preview themes on every device.

  • Tabs, outline & Quick Open Mac, Windows & Linux

    On Mac, Windows and Linux, keep several documents open in tabs, see every heading of a long one in the outline, and open a file fast with Quick Open.

  • Project folder sidebar Mac, Windows & Linux

    On Mac, Windows and Linux, point the sidebar at a project folder to see every markdown file in it.

  • Touch ID On Mac

    On a Mac, Touch ID can unlock an encrypted document for you.

  • Formatting toolbar Phones & tablets

    On iPhone, iPad and Android, a toolbar above the keyboard adds bold, italic, code, links, lists and more.

  • Share or copy Phones & tablets

    On iPhone, iPad and Android, share a document, or copy it as rich text or HTML to paste anywhere.

  • Find in the document iPhone & iPad

    On iPhone and iPad, find any word in the document you have open.

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Preview it as you type.

Write plain markdown in the Editor and read it rendered in Preview, or keep both in Split. Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math render right in the preview.

Markd.ly on an iPhone in the Editor, dark, with markdown headings, bold, code and a table.
Editor
Markd.ly on an iPhone in Preview, dark, the same document rendered with headings, a list and a table.
Preview

  • Editor, Preview & Split

    Switch views whenever you like. Split puts your markdown and the preview side by side on a computer, an iPad or an Android tablet, and stacks them on a phone.

  • Mermaid diagrams & math

    Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math render right in the preview as you type, on every device, even offline.

  • Three preview themes

    Pick one of three preview themes on every device.

  • Plain .md files

    Your documents stay plain .md files, wherever you keep them. No vault, no import, no lock-in.

Markd.ly’s File menu open on Export PDF, with Export HTML above it and Export Document below, next to a garden plan in Preview.

Export Mac, Windows & Linux

One markdown file. Six ways out.

On Mac, Windows and Linux, export any document to HTML, PDF, Word (DOCX), EPUB, LaTeX or reveal.js slides. HTML and PDF are made on your computer. Word, EPUB, LaTeX and slides go through Pandoc: Linux converts them on your computer, and on Mac and Windows they’re converted on our server and sent straight back, not kept, so you need to be online.

  • HTML
  • PDF
  • DOCX
  • EPUB
  • LaTeX
  • Slides

Your documents, on every device.

  1. 01

    Add it to your cloud library

    Tap Add to Cloud on a document, then open it from your cloud library on any device you sign in on. Nothing moves on its own, and if both copies changed, you choose which to keep.

    The Cloud Library on an iPhone, listing two documents: one added from an iPhone, one from a Google Pixel 7.

  2. 02

    Open the files you already have

    Open a markdown file that’s on your iPhone, in iCloud Drive or in another cloud drive, and save it right back where it was. Recents keeps the last ones a tap away.

    Markd.ly Recents on an iPhone: markdown and HTML files, with Recents, Shared and Browse along the bottom.

  3. 03

    Make the preview yours

    Pick one of three preview themes on any device. In Settings, you can also set the preview font size and choose Auto, Light or Dark.

    Markd.ly settings on an Android phone: preview font size, the Default, GitHub and Serif themes, and Auto, Light or Dark.
The Cloud Library on an iPhone, listing two documents: one added from an iPhone, one from a Google Pixel 7.

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More on the desktop.

Mac, Windows and Linux add the tools for long documents and daily writing.

Markd.ly on a Mac in Split, with the outline on the left and three documents in tabs: a garden plan’s markdown for a flowchart, a formula and a code block, beside the finished page that shows them.

  • Tabs, outline & Quick Open Mac, Windows & Linux

    On Mac, Windows and Linux, keep several documents open in tabs, see every heading of a long one in the outline, and open a file fast with Quick Open.

  • Project folder sidebar Mac, Windows & Linux

    On Mac, Windows and Linux, point the sidebar at a project folder to see every markdown file in it.

  • Folder search Mac, Windows & Linux

    Look for a word or phrase across a whole folder of documents and jump straight to the line where it appears.

  • Your own CSS Mac, Windows & Linux

    On Mac, Windows and Linux, start from a built-in preview theme and layer your own CSS on top.

  • Snippets Mac, Windows & Linux

    Type a short trigger, press Tab, and the whole block drops in, with today’s date, the time or the cursor placed where you want it. Snippets stay on the computer you make them on.

  • Vim mode Mac, Windows & Linux

    Turn on vim mode for normal, insert and visual modes, the motions and operators you reach for, counts, dot-repeat and :w and :q. It’s off until you switch it on.

Markd.ly asks for a passphrase to encrypt Journal.md: “Choose a passphrase. Without it, this file cannot be recovered.” Both passphrase fields are filled in, with Cancel and OK below.

Encrypted documents Mac, Windows & Linux

Locked with your passphrase.

On Mac, Windows and Linux, lock any document with a passphrase. It’s saved with AES-256-GCM, so the file on disk can’t be read without it, and the file format is the same on all three. On a Mac, Touch ID can unlock it for you. Forget the passphrase and nobody can open the file, not even us.

  • AES-256-GCM
  • One file format on Mac, Windows & Linux
  • Touch ID on a Mac

One purchase. Every device.

Sign in with the same Bravely Account on each one, and a single $19.99 purchase unlocks all of them. Your cloud library opens on every one.

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • iPhone & iPad
  • Android

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iPhone, iPad and Android

Markd.ly on a Mac, an iPad and an iPhone. In front, a light Mac window shows Weekend at the Lake, a packing list and a three-day plan, in the Editor; behind it, a dark Mac window shows a spring garden plan in Split. The iPad shows the welcome document in Split, and the iPhone shows Recents.

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FAQs

When do I pay?

Downloading and signing in are free. After a short tour, try every feature free for 24 hours with no card, and add 24 more hours once if you need them. Then $19.99 once unlocks Markd.ly on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android. When the trial ends, the editor locks until you buy, and your files stay where you saved them.

What’s on my phone, and what’s only on the desktop?

Everywhere: the editor, live preview, Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math, three preview themes, plain .md files and your cloud library. On Mac, Windows and Linux only: HTML, PDF, Word, EPUB, LaTeX and slide export, custom CSS, snippets, vim mode, encrypted documents, folder search and tabs. On iPhone, iPad and Android you can share a document, or copy it as rich text or HTML. One purchase covers all of it.

How do I get a document onto my other devices?

Open it and tap Add to Cloud. It goes to your cloud library, and you open it from there on any device you sign in on. Nothing moves on its own: when both copies have changed, Markd.ly asks which one to keep. Each document can be up to 512 KB of text, up to 500 of them, and passphrase-locked documents can’t be added.

Where do my words go?

Your documents are plain .md files on your own disk. Two things send their text to our servers: adding a document to your cloud library, which keeps it there until you delete it, and, on Mac and Windows, exporting to Word, EPUB, LaTeX or slides, which is converted and sent straight back without being kept. Linux does those exports on your computer.

Do I need to be online?

You need a connection to sign in, to use your cloud library, and on Mac and Windows to export Word, EPUB, LaTeX and slides. Writing, the preview with its diagrams and math, HTML and PDF export and encrypted documents work offline, for up to 72 hours at a time: Markd.ly checks your purchase online at least every 72 hours.

Is Markd.ly a note-graph tool like Obsidian?

No — and that’s on purpose. Markd.ly has no wikilinks, no graph, no vault. It is a markdown editor for documents that ship: writing you publish, docs you export, READMEs you polish. If you need a second brain, use Obsidian. If you need documents to look great when exported, use Markd.ly.

Which systems does it run on?

macOS 14 or later. Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) or Windows 11 on a 64-bit (x64) PC. 64-bit (x64) Linux with GTK 4, WebKitGTK 6.0 and FUSE 2, as a .deb or an AppImage. iOS 17 or later on iPhone and iPad. Android 8.0 or later.

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