Markflow

A lightweight, fast, bilingual Markdown editor built on Tauri 2.

Markflow is an open-source, local-first Markdown editor for Windows and macOS. It's small — a ~7 MB installer, about a tenth the size of Electron-based editors — starts instantly, and switches between English and Chinese natively.

Features

• ⚡ Truly lightweight — built on Tauri 2, not Electron. A ~7 MB installer, low memory, instant launch.
• 🌐 Bilingual natively — switch the whole app between English and Chinese in one click; CJK bold and italics render correctly.
• 🔒 Local-first & private — your files are plain Markdown on your own disk. No cloud, no account, no lock-in.
• ✍️ WYSIWYG + source — live preview with no separate preview window, or flip to pure source editing anytime.
• 📑 Tabs & recent files — multi-tab editing with a recent-files menu.
• 🎨 Full Markdown — code highlighting, tables, task lists, and more, rendered with markdown-it + highlight.js.

Download

Installers are published on the official site and GitHub Releases.

Platform	Package
macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel)	Markflow_<version>_universal.dmg
Windows (x64)	Markflow_<version>_x64-setup.exe

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Rust (stable)
• Tauri system dependencies

Commands

npm install          # install JS dependencies
npm run dev          # run in development (Vite + Tauri)
npm run build        # build the frontend
npm run tauri build  # build a native bundle for the current OS

macOS universal build (covers both Apple Silicon and Intel in one .dmg):

rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin x86_64-apple-darwin
npm run tauri build -- --target universal-apple-darwin

Tech stack

• Tauri 2 — Rust-based application shell
• React 19 + Vite + TypeScript
• CodeMirror 6 — editor core
• markdown-it + highlight.js — preview rendering

License

MIT © 2026 Markflow Contributors