A tiny notepad
that gets out of the way.

Open any text file. Edit Markdown with live preview. View code in a capped local Code View. Version history with diffs. No Electron, no cloud, no telemetry. Under 10 MB.

Download View source

$ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shreyam1008/markpad/main/install.sh | sh

Go + Wails Under 10 MB Single Instance Local PDF Cards Syntax Highlighting Version History + Diffs Session Restore No Cloud / No Telemetry Linux, Windows, macOS

Markpad - Split View

Markpad - Workspace & Outline

Real-Time Outline Navigation

Markpad parses markdown headers dynamically as you type. Click any item in the Outline drawer to scroll both the editor and the preview panes synchronously.

Why Markpad

Notepad speed. Modern features.

Split View

Edit and preview side-by-side. Resizable divider. Switch between Editor, Split, and Preview modes.

Open Anything

Markdown, text, JSON, YAML, Python, Go, shell scripts, HTML, CSS, and any text file. Native OS file dialogs.

Session Restore

Close and reopen. Every note, draft, favorite, and active document comes back exactly as you left it.

No Electron

Go + Wails + system webview. A single binary under 10 MB. Low memory. Starts instantly.

Drag, Star, Delete

Drag-and-drop to reorder. Star notes for favorites. Right-click to delete. Full keyboard shortcuts.

Formatting Toolbar

Bold, italic, headings, code, links, images, lists, tables, blockquotes. All with icon buttons and shortcuts.

Local Code View

Code files open in an escaped, capped local view. No CDN highlighter, no markdown clutter — just clean, readable code.

Version History + Diffs

Every save creates a snapshot. Click any version for a unified diff. Green for added, red for removed. Restore instantly.

PDF Cards & Image Preview

PDFs stay local-first with read-only cards and Open Externally. Images display inline. No heavy engine bundled.

Single Instance

Only one window runs at a time. Opening a file while Markpad is running adds it to the existing window.

Smart Lists

Lists auto-continue on Enter. Bullets, numbered lists, and task lists. Enter on an empty item ends the list.

Find & Stats

Ctrl+F to search with wrap-around. Word count, reading time, line stats in the status bar. File type icons per note.

Downloads

Get Markpad for your platform.

Built by GitHub Actions on every tagged release.

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Linux AppImage Portable, no install

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Linux .deb Debian, Ubuntu

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Windows .exe Portable zip

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macOS .dmg Apple Silicon + Intel

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Source Code Build from Go

Under the Hood

Lean, native, no bundled browser runtime.

GoSingle binary

WailsSystem webview

marked.jsGFM Markdown

CloudlessAll data local

A tiny notepadthat gets out of the way.