A lightweight, beautifully designed and highly capable open-source Markdown editor that also handles flow-charts, data visuals and math equations—100 % free.
About Mark Text
Mark Text is a clean, elegant Markdown editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. It’s free, open-source, blazing-fast and ships with a polished interface that makes writing a pleasure.
Feature highlights
- Full table support: insert, delete or resize rows & columns with GFM table blocks
- Built-in charting: flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, line/bar charts and more
- Strict CommonMark + GitHub Flavoured Markdown support for inline formatting
- Extended math rendering (KaTeX) for inline and display equations
- Fenced code blocks with prismjs syntax highlighting
Hands-on experience & tips
Markdown keeps the focus on content, not formatting. Its plain-text syntax is easy to read, easy to write and converts flawlessly to HTML, PDF or raw .md files. Platforms like GitHub render it beautifully, which is why README files are almost always written in Markdown.
When you step outside those platforms you still need a local editor. Some devs reach for VS Code, but Mark Text offers a distraction-free, WYSIWYG experience: type # Heading and you see a real heading, not raw markup. Add a flowchart or equation with a few keystrokes, pick one of six bundled light/dark themes, and you get a publication-ready document without ever touching the mouse.
Free & open source
Mark Text is released under the MIT licence. Individuals, companies and institutions may download, use and modify it free of charge.