Markwell 0.2.0 — your Kobo highlights, yours to keep

Your Kobo highlights, yours to keep. Markwell's first public release: back up, read, review, and export your Kobo highlights — entirely on your own computer. No cloud, no account, and it never writes to your device.

📖 English · 把你的 Kobo 劃線留在你身邊 — 中文（台灣）說明 · Kobo のハイライトをあなたの手元に — 日本語の説明 · Kobo 하이라이트를 온전히 내 것으로 — 한국어 안내

Download

macOS (Apple Silicon)	Markwell-macOS.zip
Windows	Markwell-Windows.zip

Unzip and open — Markwell runs in your browser, entirely on your machine. The downloads are unsigned, so your OS will ask once: macOS right-click → Open (→ Open); Windows SmartScreen → More info → Run anyway. Details in the README.

Prefer the command line? pipx install markwell (Python 3.9+, on PyPI shortly after this release).

What's in 0.2.0

• The whole app speaks four languages — English, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어 — with a persistent switcher; even your Markdown/HTML exports use your language for their scaffolding (your highlights stay verbatim, always).
• Five export formats: readable Markdown, documented JSON (markwell/1), CSV that opens cleanly in Excel/Numbers/Notion, Anki-ready flashcards, and your whole library as one printable HTML page. Mix them with --format md,csv.
• Review — every day, one line comes back to you from your own highlights. Shuffle for another, or stay with one book.
• Share cards — turn any highlight into an image: three sizes, three styles, typography that respects CJK text. Drawn on a local canvas; nothing leaves your machine.
• Back up to your own cloud — point Markwell's folder at iCloud Drive / Google Drive / Dropbox / OneDrive from Settings (copy-only, nothing is ever deleted), or pack everything into one ZIP. No APIs, no accounts — guide.
• Safety, as architecture: the device is only ever read via file copy; every snapshot is immutable history; the local web app is token-gated and makes zero network connections. Release artifacts are gated by an automated privacy preflight. See SECURITY.md.

Full details: CHANGELOG.

If Markwell helped you

It's free, with no donations accepted — star the repo, share a quote card, or report your Kobo's firmware if something doesn't read right. Built and maintained by Eric Tu.