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Maakdown

A beautiful, distraction-free desktop reader for your Markdown.

Open any Markdown file and see it the way you meant it — clean typography, rich code, math, and diagrams in a calm reading workspace. Local-first: your files never leave your machine.

Free & open source (MIT) Signed & notarized for macOS No account · no telemetry Fast on 10,000-line files

macOS (Apple silicon) · Linux x64 · Windows x64 (work in progress — current build is unstable)

Animated demo: reading a technical document, jumping via the outline minimap, running focus mode from the command palette, and switching to the dark theme with a rendered Mermaid diagram

Why Maakdown?

A genuinely nice reading experience

Warm, book-like light and dark themes, careful typography, and a focus mode that clears everything but the words. Tune font, size, line height, and measure to taste.

Fast on massive files

A virtualized reader keeps 10,000-line documents scrolling smoothly and light on memory. Text appears instantly; code highlighting, math, and diagrams fill in as you read.

Built for technical documents

Syntax-highlighted code, KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, GFM tables, task lists, callouts, footnotes, and local images all just work — safely sanitized.

Made for working across notes

Tabs, recent files, drag-and-drop, wikilinks between notes, full-document search, a command palette, and a session that restores itself on relaunch.

Local-first & private

A reader, not a cloud app: no account, no telemetry, works offline. Print or export to PDF whenever you need a copy to share.

Open source

MIT-licensed, built with Go (Wails) and Svelte. Issues, ideas, and pull requests are welcome on GitHub.

See it in action

Dark theme with rendered Mermaid diagrams
Dark theme with rendered Mermaid diagrams
Syntax-highlighted code and KaTeX math
Syntax-highlighted code and KaTeX math
Command palette open over a document
Command palette for fast keyboard navigation