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Markdown Buddy

Native macOS Markdown editor that also renders Markdown files in the Finder and inside Xcode.

Source and rendered output side by side, with the document outline in the left column.

Cost / License

  • Pay once
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
Search across every Markdown file in the folder at once, with each match shown in context.
Open a folder as a workspace and browse every Markdown file in a tree.
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Link map of the connections between documents, with broken links flagged.
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Support for MarkDown
  2.  Syntax Highlighting
  3.  Full-Text Search
  4. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
  5.  Autocompletion
  6.  Live Preview
  7.  Hierarchical Structure
  8.  Works Offline
  9. Xcode icon  Xcode Integration

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  • Developed by

    FR flagJan Tumpach

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $1 and $5.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Chinese
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Spanish

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What is Markdown Buddy?

Markdown Buddy is a native macOS Markdown editor built with Swift and AppKit. It offers four view modes, including an editable preview, with formatting shortcuts and find and replace.

What sets it apart is that it renders Markdown outside the app as well. A Quick Look extension shows rendered .md files in the Finder instead of raw text, Finder thumbnails follow, and an Xcode source editor extension opens the file you are editing as rendered output from the Editor menu. All three share the same renderer.

Open a folder as a workspace and it lists every Markdown file in a tree, searches across all of them at once, and draws a graph of the links between documents, flagging the broken ones. Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math and syntax highlighting are built in.

The app is sandboxed, weighs under 5 MB, works entirely offline and collects nothing. It is available in eight languages and requires macOS 14 or later.