A Markdown editor for Mac
Write Markdown in one clean page, with formatting that appears as you type. Keep your notes, docs, CLAUDE.md, and AGENTS.md as ordinary .md files on your Mac.
Free to use · Apple silicon · macOS 12+
Type # and a heading appears. Type **bold** and the
asterisks dissolve into weight. The syntax is still there so
underneath, the file on disk is plain markdown.
The best writing tool is the one you stop noticing.
| Task | Status |
|---|---|
| Draft | Ready |
| Review | Next |
Everything else — toolbar, status bar, sidebar — waits at the edge of the page until you reach for it.
# A calmer writing space
Type `# ` and a heading appears. Type `**bold**` and the asterisks dissolve into **weight**. The syntax is still there so
underneath, the file on disk is plain markdown.
> The best writing tool is the one you stop noticing.
| Task | Status |
| --- | --- |
| Draft | Ready |
| Review | Next |
Everything else — toolbar, status bar, sidebar — waits at the edge of the page until you reach for it.Features
A focused Mac Markdown editor for everyday writing and the project files that guide AI coding agents.
Headings, bold, quotes, lists, code blocks, and dividers render in place as you type. One page, no preview pane.
CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, etc. — the plain-markdown files steering your AI tools deserve a clean page to edit them on.
Open a folder and get a quiet sidebar of its markdown files. Switch with one click — unsaved changes save themselves first.
Select text and a bubble appears with inline marks and a link editor — paste a URL, hit return, done. No menus to hunt through.
Iowan Old Style serif prose on warm paper, with light and dark themes that follow the system appearance.
Real .md files with native dialogs, Finder double-click, Open Recent, proxy-icon title bar, document-edited dot.
Open a blank window, tile a file alongside the current one, or pop a workspace file open to the side — write across more than one page at once.
A soft page fade-in, a staggered welcome reveal, an unsaved-changes dot that breathes. Motion you feel more than see.
Score any document for signs of AI-generated text — disclosures, hidden watermark characters, and writing-style signals — right from the toolbar.
Questions
You can open unlimited Markdown files and workspaces, use every editing feature, and save changes to one file of your choice. There is no trial timer.
The full version is a one-time $19 purchase. It unlocks editing and saving unlimited files. There is no subscription or account requirement; checkout opens from inside the app.
No. It saves standard .md files. Formatting is displayed in the editor while you write, and the files remain readable as plain Markdown in other tools.
Yes. Markdown Elixir opens and saves these files like other .md documents, so you can edit project instructions alongside your notes and documentation.
Markdown Elixir requires macOS 12 or later and an Apple silicon Mac. The current download is not for Intel Macs.
Pricing
No subscription, no account, no sync service you didn't ask for. Try it free, and unlock everything with a single purchase.
$0
Open and read as many files as you want. Saving is limited to one file of your choosing. There is no trial timer.
$19one-time
The full editor, for all your files and workspaces, with no limitations.
Purchases are handled inside the app through Stripe checkout. No account required.