Clearly Markdown

A clean, native markdown editor for macOS. Write with syntax highlighting, preview instantly, and get back to what matters. No Electron, no subscriptions, no bloat.

Features:

• Syntax highlighting — headings, bold, italic, links, code blocks, and more
• Instant preview — rendered GitHub Flavored Markdown, including Mermaid diagrams and KaTeX math
• Frontmatter support — YAML frontmatter is formatted cleanly in both editor and preview
• Side-by-side — edit and preview simultaneously with synchronized scrolling
• PDF export — export to PDF or print directly from the app
• Format shortcuts — Cmd+B, Cmd+I, Cmd+K for bold, italic, and links
• Scratchpad — menubar app with a global hotkey for capturing quick notes without opening a document
• QuickLook — preview .md files right in Finder
• Light & Dark — follows system appearance or set manually