Markdown Reader 0.2.0

The first packaged release of Markdown Reader: a GNOME app for Linux and, new in this release, a Windows app, both built on the same rendering core.

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System	File	Install
Windows 10 / 11	markdown-reader_0.2.0_x64-setup.exe	Run it; it installs for your user, no admin needed
Fedora 40+	markdown-reader-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./markdown-reader-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL / AlmaLinux / Rocky 10	the same .rpm	sudo dnf install epel-release first (EPEL provides WebKitGTK 6.0)
Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 13+	markdown-reader_0.2.0_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./markdown-reader_0.2.0_amd64.deb

SHA256SUMS lists the checksums: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing.

The Windows installer isn't code-signed, so SmartScreen may warn the first time: choose More info → Run anyway.

What's in it

• Reading: GitHub-flavoured Markdown (tables, task lists, footnotes, alerts), sanitised HTML, math with KaTeX, diagrams with Mermaid, syntax highlighting, a contents sidebar, and links between documents with Back.
• Editing: a side-by-side editor with live preview and line-accurate scroll sync, search, and following changes other programs make to the file.
• Output: print or save as PDF, and export a self-contained HTML page.
• Windows app: tabs that come back at the next start, per-tab undo history and scroll position, drag and drop of several files, .md file association, and dark mode. Windows (CRLF) line endings are kept.
• Linux packages: the .deb includes an AppArmor profile, without which WebKitGTK's sandbox can't start on Ubuntu 23.10 and later.

Tested

• Windows 11 25H2: the installer, in a VM.
• Fedora 40 and 44, AlmaLinux 10: the RPM, installed and started.
• Ubuntu 24.04: the .deb, on a GNOME desktop in a VM.
• Debian 13 and Ubuntu 26.04: the .deb, installed and started.