Markd.ly
The markdown editor that respects your output.
Native on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. Pandoc, PDF, EPUB, slides — plain .md to a real deliverable. One $19.99 purchase. Every platform.
What Markd.ly is for
Blog posts. README files. Documentation. Technical writing. Export to HTML and PDF everywhere, plus the deeper DOCX, EPUB, and LaTeX pipeline — all included.
Coming from Obsidian?
If you use Obsidian as an editor — not a graph — Markd.ly is lighter. Open any folder, write, export. No vault, no plugins to keep alive, no backlinks or daily notes. Just the document you're writing right now, and a fast way to ship it.
Built for writers who ship
If your writing lives in markdown but leaves the app as a polished deliverable — Markd.ly is built for you.
Technical writers & docs engineers
Write once in markdown, publish as HTML, DOCX datasheets, and versioned PDF reference. Drive the whole pipeline from the CLI.
Consultants & analysts
Client reports branded with your custom CSS. DOCX deliverables with styled headers, footers, and page numbers. No Word fighting required.
Academics & researchers
Pandoc to LaTeX with your journal template, your preamble, your BibTeX bibliography. Math renders live while you draft, PDFs build from the CLI.
Long-form writers
Draft a novel or a 200-page handbook as a folder of markdown files. Merge into one clean DOCX for your editor, or EPUB for ARC readers. No Scrivener lock-in.
See what Markd.ly ships
One markdown file. Real deliverables. Every output below was generated from the same 40-line .md source, exported with Markd.ly.
Styled HTML
Custom CSS, your brand colors, shipped as a self-contained file you can host anywhere.
reveal.js deck
Every H1 becomes a slide. Math, code, and Mermaid render live. Your theme, your fonts.
Word DOCX
Clean headings, working tables, proper styles. Hand it to an editor or drop it into a client deliverable.
Also ships: EPUB for ARC readers, LaTeX for journals, PDF for print. Every Pandoc target, from one editor.
Everything in the editor
One $19.99 purchase unlocks the complete toolset on every platform — Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. The full suite is built on each; Windows keeps deepening across 1.x updates.
Native editor, not Electron
SwiftUI on Mac, WPF on Windows. Opens instantly. Sips battery. Feels like your OS.
Mermaid + math
Live-render Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX math inline. Export comes out identical.
Folder-based. No vault.
Your files are .md on disk. Open any folder. Git-friendly. No proprietary format, no lock-in.
HTML + PDF export
Ship clean HTML or print-ready PDF from any document. Built in on every platform.
Pandoc export with templates
DOCX, EPUB, LaTeX, RTF, reveal.js slides, Beamer decks, your template, your preamble, your bibliography. Batch from the CLI.
Custom CSS editor
Write your own export themes, match your brand, and start from curated presets.
Snippets with variables
Library of reusable blocks. Substitute variables at expansion time. Local to this device.
Full vim mode
Not just motions, but registers, macros, ex commands, and visual-block editing.
Encrypted documents
Per-document passphrase with AES-GCM, so the file on disk stays unreadable without the key.
markd CLI
Batch export, scaffolds, quick convert. Scripts and AI agents can drive the whole editor.
MCP server
Read and write so Claude and other agents can browse and edit your notes.
Cross-file search
Search every document in a folder — literal text, regex, filters, and saved queries.
vs. Marked / iA Writer
Markd.ly wins on native desktop editing and export depth on Mac, and it still gives you a real Windows build where Marked does not.
Get Markd.ly
One $19.99 payment unlocks the full editor on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android — no subscription. Or get the all-apps bundle and add every premium Bravely utility, every platform.
Pay once
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Bravely Premium Annual
all 9 apps, every platform, every device, + the bonus bundle
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FREE full access to every premium utility we make — 9 apps in all, all platforms
- Scry— Remote desktop
- PrintScreen.ly— Screenshots & recording
- ASAPDF— PDF edit, sign & share
- + 5 more
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Bravely Premium Lifetime
all 9 apps, every platform, every device, + the bonus bundle
no subscription · all updates included
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✦ Bonus
FREE lifetime access to every premium utility we make — 9 apps in all, all platforms
- Scry— Remote desktop
- PrintScreen.ly— Screenshots & recording
- ASAPDF— PDF edit, sign & share
- + 5 more
One sign-in · instant unlock · sync everywhere. Secure checkout opens right here.
Rolling out Markd.ly to a team? Email jeff@bravely.dev for volume licensing.
Questions, Answered
Is Markd.ly a note-graph tool like Obsidian?+
No — and that's on purpose. Markd.ly has no wikilinks, no graph, no vault. It is a markdown editor for documents that ship: writing you publish, docs you export, READMEs you polish. If you need a second brain, use Obsidian. If you need documents to look great when exported, use Markd.ly.
What does my purchase unlock?+
Everything. One $19.99 purchase unlocks the full toolset on every platform: Pandoc export with templates, custom CSS editor, snippet library with variables, full vim mode, encrypted documents, advanced cross-file search, themes, MCP write-mode, and CLI batch presets. Sign in once and it follows you to Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. New to Markd.ly? Try the full app free for 7 days first.
Why one-time? Why no subscription?+
Markd.ly is a tool, not a service. It's a single $19.99 purchase, no renewals — and it covers all five platforms. Prefer the all-apps bundle? The annual ($95.99) and lifetime ($399) plans add every premium Bravely utility on every platform.
How is this different from Marked 2/3?+
Marked is a preview window for another editor. Markd.ly is the editor. Write and export from one app, with real editing surface, not just an HTML viewer.
How is this different from iA Writer?+
Same respect for focus and typography, without the tax. Markd.ly adds deep export tooling on Mac, CLI/MCP hooks, and a Windows build that keeps getting deeper across 1.x.
What happened to MacDown?+
MacDown was great. It was also abandoned years ago. Markd.ly picks up the thread: a simple, native editor on your Mac — and Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android — built for people who ship.
Which macOS and Windows versions?+
macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or newer for the Mac build. Windows 10 and newer for the Windows 1.1 desktop beta. Native on each.
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