Writer is a lightweight yet powerful Markdown editor for macOS and iOS. It combines distraction-free writing, theme-aware Markdown editing, real-time preview, flexible themes, document outline navigation, Markdown-to-PNG export on both platforms, and Finder Quick Look support on macOS for a smoother reading and sharing workflow.
Markdown Editing: Full support for standard Markdown syntax with syntax-aware text editing for headings, lists, links, inline code, blockquotes, bold, italic, and bold italic text.
Theme-aware Editor: Keep editor accent colors aligned with the selected Markdown theme, including live updates when switching themes.
Real-time Preview: Review rendered Markdown while writing with a smooth editing and preview workflow.
Theme System: Choose from built-in light and dark themes, or import custom CSS themes.
Code Highlighting: 83 built-in code highlighting themes powered by Highlight.js.
Outline View: Automatically parse Markdown headings to generate a document outline for quick navigation.
Markdown PNG Export: Export Markdown content as PNG for sharing, archiving, or quick publishing, with more reliable handling when local images are unavailable.
Image Support: Insert images with drag and drop and keep local image references working reliably.
Find and Replace: Keep find and replace text available when switching between editing and preview.
Quick Look Preview: Preview Markdown files directly in Finder with theme-aware rendering.
Image Support: Insert images from the photo library or Files picker while editing on the go.
Styled Markdown Editing: Write with improved Markdown emphasis rendering and theme-aware inline styling.
Document Browser Integration: Works with iCloud Drive and other file providers through the system document browser.
Enhanced Markdown editor styling on macOS and iOS, including headings, lists, links, inline code, blockquotes, bold, italic, and bold italic text.
Synced editor accent colors with the selected Markdown theme, including live updates when switching themes.
Improved emphasis rendering and delimiter detection for a more accurate Markdown writing experience.
Preserved find and replace text when switching between editing and preview modes on macOS.
Avoided unnecessary folder permission prompts when saving plain Markdown files without local media references.
Improved PNG export reliability when Markdown images are missing or unavailable.
Fixed the edited state after the first save of a new document.
Centralized app version settings and updated dependencies for this release.
Added Markdown-to-PNG export on macOS and iOS.
Fixed PNG export so it stays scoped to the current window and document.
Added Finder Quick Look preview for Markdown files.
Synced Quick Look preview with the selected theme.
Improved Quick Look rendering stability for code blocks.
Fixed local Markdown image reference detection.
Added localized Quick Look preview strings and display name.
First release.