markdownpad

A focused, Notepad-inspired markdown editor for macOS. Open, edit, save markdown files. Nothing else.

Features

• Open, edit, and save .md / .markdown files
• Right-click anywhere in the document (or ⇧⌘P) to flip between edit and view modes
• View mode renders GitHub-flavored markdown — including tables, footnotes, syntax-highlighted code, and mermaid diagrams
• Images render in view mode — both relative paths (![](images/foo.png)) resolved against the open document's directory and external https://… URLs
• Interactive task-list checkboxes — click them in view mode to toggle
• Multi-window — ⌘N opens a new editor; closing with unsaved changes prompts you
• Reopens the documents you had open the last time you quit
• Light, Dark, and System appearance, plus 5 unified theme packs (Plain, Forest, Midnight, Solar Flare, Cherry) that style the app, code highlighting, and mermaid diagrams together — ⌘T cycles
• Native macOS chrome with traffic lights, File menu, Open Recent, file-association for .md

Themes

Live preview of all five theme packs — Plain, Forest, Midnight, Solar Flare, Cherry — each in light and dark modes.

Install

Download the latest .dmg from the Releases page, open it, and drag markdownpad into Applications.

Keyboard shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
New window	⌘N
Open…	⌘O
Save	⌘S
Save As…	⇧⌘S
Toggle edit / view	⇧⌘P or right-click
Cycle theme pack	⌘T
Zoom in / out	⇧⌘= / ⇧⌘-
Reset zoom	⌘0
Close window	⌘W
Quit	⌘Q