MiaoYan

MiaoYan is a native Markdown notes app for macOS, written in Swift. Notes are plain .md files in a folder you choose, so they work with iCloud Drive, Dropbox or any other folder sync, and with other Markdown editors.

Split mode with the editor and preview side by side

Cost / License

Freemium (Pay once)
Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Note-taking Tool

Origin

China

Since

Since 2020

Updated

Updated Nov 2026

Platforms

Mac
iPhone
iPad
Homebrew

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Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused
Local-First

Features

Ad-free
Support for MarkDown
No Tracking
Syntax Highlighting
Full-Text Search
Support for LaTeX
Works Offline
Hierarchical Structure
Dark Mode
No registration required
Markdown preview
Write files in markdown

MiaoYan information

Developed by
tw93
First released
2020
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Freemium product.
Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $13 + free version with limited functionality.
Written in
Swift
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Supported Languages
- English
- Chinese

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GitHub repository

8,745 Stars
522 Forks
1 Open Issues
Updated Nov 6, 2026

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MiaoYan was added to AlternativeTo by Tw93-5324 on Nov 6, 2026 and this page was last updated Nov 6, 2026.

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Install from the command line

brew install --cask miaoyan

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is MiaoYan?

It has a source editor with a split, scroll-synced preview, LaTeX math with KaTeX, Mermaid, PlantUML and Markmap diagrams, wikilinks with backlinks, per-note version history, auto-formatting, HTML, PDF and image export, slides from --- separators, and a command-line tool, miao.