Markly
A calm, native Markdown editor for your folders
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Markly is a free, open-source Markdown editor for macOS that edits themd files in folders you already have: no import, no database, no lock-in. Formatting renders as you type, and markers hide on lines you're not editing. Native SwiftUI + AppKit with Liquid Glass, no Electron. Format bar on selection, clickable tasks, one-click Git sync, focus mode, scroll-synced preview with math, HTML/PDF export. No accounts, no tracking.
PH · launched Sep 25, 2026 · 62 upvotes (top 3%) · 0 views
Niche: markdown editors and viewers · 158 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▲ +86% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Productivity
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Vercel Day
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More like this: all 158 launches in markdown editors and viewers →
Could you build this?
Yes A local markdown editor built in SwiftUI/AppKit that renders inline formatting and reads local files is a standard desktop app easily generated using AI coding assistants.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 559 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #38 of 560 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 310 days after the earliest competitor.
- Vireo - Simple Markdown Editor for MacOS · ph · 2026-09-22 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- Markling · ph · 2026-10-23 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- Marky · ph · 2026-09-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Markling · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Markdown for Mac · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Plainkeep · ph · 2026-11-01 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Tim's Markdown Reader · ph · 2026-09-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- MarkRead – Markdown Reader · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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