A lightweight Markdown editor for Windows, built with Java Swing.
Features
- Live preview — Markdown renders to HTML as you type, including GitHub-flavored tables
- Folder browser — open a folder once and browse your
.mdfiles from the sidebar - File management — New, Open, Save, and Save As, with unsaved-change tracking in the title bar
- Undo / redo — full edit history with standard keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y)
- Export to PDF — turn the rendered preview into a shareable PDF from the Export menu
- Clean UI — FlatLaf look and feel, resizable split-pane layout between editor and preview
Installation
Download MarkdownEditor-1.0.0.exe below and run it. The installer bundles its own Java runtime — no separate Java install required.
Requirements
- Windows 10 or later
Known limitations
- Windows only (no macOS/Linux build yet)
- Image embedding in Markdown (
) is not yet supported in preview or PDF export
Found a bug? Open an issue.