ReadMD - Simple , small - just does the work Open any Md , txt files easily

Native desktop app for opening, editing, and exporting Markdown, HTML, and text files. Local-first — not a website. Windows and Linux.

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Latest: GitHub Releases

Windows

File	What it is
readmd_*_x64-setup.exe	Installer (recommended)
readmd_*_x64_en-US.msi	MSI installer
readmd.exe	Portable app binary

Linux

File	What it is
readmd_*_amd64.AppImage	Portable app (recommended)
readmd_*_amd64.deb	Debian / Ubuntu package

Make the AppImage executable: chmod +x readmd_*.AppImage, then run it.

Installed copies check GitHub Releases for newer versions and show an Update now bar. Command palette → Check for updates.

Tag a version (v0.3.6) to cut a new release. GitHub Actions builds Windows and Linux installers, signs updater artifacts, and publishes latest.json.

Features

• Reader, split, and editor views with live preview

• CommonMark rendering via markdown-it, plus tables, task lists, callouts, and math

• Images from https URLs, paste/drop with short img/ links (not base64), and files next to the document

• Split-view scroll sync between editor and preview

• Outline, command palette (Ctrl+K), find and replace (Ctrl+F / Ctrl+H)

• Idle auto-save for files already on disk

• In-app updates from GitHub Releases

• Export PDF, DOCX, and clean TXT

• HTML files and raw HTML in Markdown

• Remembers recent files and last folders

• Offline, no account

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Develop

Needs Node.js and Rust. On Linux also install WebKitGTK 4.1 (see the release workflow).

npm.cmd install
npm.cmd run desktop:dev

Build installers:

npm.cmd run desktop:build

Frontend-only (browser fallback):

npm.cmd run dev