mdreader 0.3.0
mdreader 0.3.0
A fast, beautiful markdown reader for Windows — that happens to edit.
First public release. Free and open source (MIT). No telemetry. Ever.
Install
- Installer (recommended):
mdreader-setup-0.3.0.exe— per-user, no admin
required. Silent install for Intune/SCCM:/VERYSILENT /NORESTART. - Portable:
mdreader-0.3.0-portable-win-x64.zip— extract and run. - CLI converter:
mdreader-convert-0.3.0-win-x64.exe— standalone
markdown → HTML for scripting.
Requires the WebView2 Evergreen Runtime (preinstalled on Windows 11; the
installer fetches it automatically if missing).
Highlights
- Rendered Reader view by default;
Ctrl+Etoggles a Monaco Source
editor with scroll position preserved;Ctrl+Shift+Efor split view. - CommonMark + GFM: tables, task lists, footnotes, definition lists, YAML
front matter as a collapsed metadata card, emoji, custom containers. - highlight.js code coloring, Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math — all
bundled, fully offline. - Byte-faithful saves (encoding, BOM, and line endings round-trip exactly).
- Live reload, single instance with tabs, drag & drop, recent files, find in
both modes, light/dark themes following Windows, custom CSS themes. - Export to self-contained HTML and PDF, print, copy-as-rich-text, and
headless--export-html/--export-pdffor CI. - Security-first: allowlist HTML sanitization, strict CSP, remote images
blocked by default, no elevation, and file associations that never touch
UserChoice.
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