Texodus

Texodus is a modern, fast, and beautiful Markdown editor built with Tauri 2 and Vue 3. Designed for performance and a premium user experience, it combines the power of Rust with the flexibility of modern web technologies to provide a native-feeling desktop writing environment with robust support for the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) standard.

✨ Features

• Live Markdown Preview: Real-time rendering with debounced updates and support for the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) standard (including tables, strikethrough, and autolinks).
• Dynamic Layouts: Switch between Split View, Focus Mode (Editor only), and Preview Only modes.
• Premium Aesthetics: Native-feeling UI with support for Dark/Light modes and smooth transitions.
• Custom Typography: Choose from curated fonts like Inter, JetBrains Mono, and Roboto for both editor and preview.
• Native Integration:
  • Full system menu support with keyboard accelerators.
  • Drag-and-drop file support.
  • Window state persistence (remembers size and position).
  • Unsaved changes protection.
• Secure & Fast: Built on Tauri 2 with a strict CSP and local-first philosophy.

📸 Gallery

Preview Only Mode (dark theme)

Split View Mode

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Core: Tauri 2 (Rust)
• Frontend: Vue 3 (Composition API) + Vite
• State: Pinia
• Markdown: marked.js compliant with the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) specification, with DOMPurify for sanitization.
• Syntax Highlighting: Prism.js
• Styling: Vanilla CSS (no frameworks) with CSS variables for theming.
• Package Manager: Bun (recommended)

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Rust installed.
• Bun (preferred) or Node.js.
• System-specific dependencies for Tauri (see Tauri Prerequisites).

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/w512/texodus.git
   cd texodus

2. Install dependencies:

   bun install

3. Run the development server:

   bun run tauri dev

📦 Building

To create a production-ready installer for your current platform:

bun run tauri build

🏗️ Project Structure

• src/: Vue.js frontend source code.
  • assets/: App icons and static assets.
  • components/: Reusable Vue components.
  • composables/: Shared logic and native integrations.
  • services/: Core application services (File I/O).
  • stores/: Pinia state management.
• src-tauri/: Rust backend and Tauri configuration.
• screenshots/: Application screenshots for documentation.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 - see the LICENSE file for details.