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Features

A small app with a lot inside.

Here's everything QuickMark does, grouped by what you're doing.

Works on Mac, iPhone and iPad unless it's marked, like this: Mac

Read

Open a .md and it's already rendered, the way GitHub shows it.

Syntax-highlighted code, a Mermaid diagram and math rendered in QuickMark

  • Press Space in Finder Mac

    Select a Markdown file and press Space. It opens rendered right there, without launching an app.

  • Looks like GitHub

    Tables, task lists, footnotes and strikethrough render the way GitHub renders them.

  • Code in 30+ languages

    Syntax highlighting in any of 36 code themes, with a copy button on every block.

  • Diagrams from plain text

    Mermaid flowcharts, sequence diagrams and charts, drawn right in the page.

  • Math

    Inline and display equations, typeset with KaTeX.

  • Callouts

    > [!NOTE], [!TIP] and [!WARNING] turn into tidy highlighted boxes.

  • Images next to your file

    Pictures beside the .md, or in a folder above it, just show up. You allow the folder once.

  • Wiki-style image embeds

    ![[photo.png]] shows the picture, |300 widths included.

  • Links to other files Mac

    Click a link to another .md and it opens in a new tab.

  • Front matter as a card

    The YAML block at the top becomes a neat metadata card, or you can hide it.

  • A little HTML, safely

    <details>, <kbd> and other everyday tags render. Scripts never run.

  • Outline of headings Mac

    Every heading in a sidebar. Fold a section, or click a heading to jump to it.

  • Find in page

    Step through every match. On the Mac, case and accents are ignored, so “Café” finds “cafe”.

  • Live reload Mac

    Edit the file in another app and QuickMark refreshes the moment you save.

Write

A plain editor with your preview right next to it.

QuickMark split view with the editor and live preview side by side on iPad

  • Side by side Mac, iPad

    Editor on one side, preview on the other, scrolling together.

  • Write, then read iPhone

    One button switches between the editor and the rendered page.

  • Highlighted source

    Headings, emphasis, links and code are colored as you type, so the raw Markdown stays easy to read.

  • Formatting without the syntax

    Bold, italic, links, lists and quotes from a shortcut or the format bar on the Mac, and from the bar above the keyboard on iPhone and iPad.

  • Start from a template

    Five ready layouts: a daily note, meeting notes, a task list, a structured note and a project brief.

  • Counts as you write

    Words, characters and lines under the editor on Mac and iPad, and in Get Info on iPhone. Select a passage to see its word count.

  • Page breaks

    Put a page break in the text and printing starts a new page there. On the Mac, PDF export does too.

Organize

Your files stay where they are. QuickMark just opens them.

QuickMark on Mac with the folder's Markdown files listed in a sidebar next to the rendered README

  • Tabs, as many as you like

    Keep every open document a tab away, on every device.

  • More tab tricks Mac

    Reorder and pin tabs, drag one to another window, or bring back the last one you closed with ⇧⌘T.

  • The whole folder in a sidebar Mac

    Every Markdown file next to the one you're reading, subfolders included, with a filter box.

  • Open a folder Mac

    Press ⇧⌘O, or drop a folder on the window or the Dock icon. It opens on the README.

  • From Terminal Mac

    qm notes.md opens a file, qm ~/notes a folder, and qm the folder you're in. Install it once from Settings.

  • Recent files and favorites

    Jump back to what you had open, or star the files you keep coming back to.

  • Get Info

    Size, dates, word count, headings and reading time for the file you have open.

Share

For the people you work with who don't use Markdown.

Publishing a QuickMark document to a clean shareable web link

  • Publish to the web

    Turn a document into a clean page on quickmarkmd.com. Readers need no app and no account.

  • Same link, new version

    After the first publish, your edits reach the page on their own. The link you already sent keeps working.

  • Export

    PDF, HTML, Word, EPUB or PNG, ready to attach to an email or hand in.

  • Copy as rich text Mac

    Paste formatted text straight into an email, a doc or a chat.

  • Print

    Print a document, or save it as a PDF from the print dialog.

  • Save to QuickMark iPhone, iPad

    Share selected text or a web link from any app and save it as a new .md wherever you like.

Make it yours

Read in the style you like, in light or dark.

A QuickMark document shown with a custom reading and code theme

  • Six reading themes

    From a clean docs look to a warm serif for long reads and a green-on-black terminal.

  • 36 code themes

    Pick the colors for code blocks separately from the reading theme.

  • Light, dark or automatic

    Follow the system, or pin one. Switching is instant.

  • Text size

    Zoom the preview on the Mac, and set the editor's font size on any device.

Privacy

Nothing to sign up for. Your documents stay on your device.

  • No account needed

    Everything works without signing in. An account is optional and only keeps your published pages in step across devices.

  • Works offline

    Reading, writing and exporting need no connection. Only publishing does.

  • Your documents stay yours

    A document leaves your device only when you publish it. Besides that, QuickMark sends anonymous crash reports and usage counts. The privacy policy has the details.

On the web

Two free tools on quickmarkmd.com, for any computer.

Live preview in your browser

Paste Markdown and see it rendered as you type. Nothing to install.

Open the preview →

Open from Google Drive

Right-click a .md in Google Drive, choose Open with, and read it rendered.

Set it up →
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Try it on your own files.

Download QuickMark and open the next .md you come across.

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