🔤 A cross-platform Markdown file reader and advanced editor. No installation required — just download and run.
🌐 Read this in: 🇮🇹 Italiano · 🇬🇧 English (UK) · 🇺🇸 English (US) · 🇪🇸 Español · 🇩🇪 Deutsch · 🇫🇷 Français
- ✏️ Advanced Editor Mode: Full side-by-side editing with live preview, interactive formatting toolbar, document search (
Ctrl+F), real-time document statistics, Undo/Redo history stacks (Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y), and standalone HTML/PDF export. - 📖 Read Markdown files with beautiful, GitHub-style rendering
- 🎨 Syntax highlighting for code blocks (100+ languages)
- 🌐 6 languages supported: 🇮🇹 Italiano, 🇬🇧 English (UK), 🇺🇸 English (US), 🇪🇸 Español, 🇩🇪 Deutsch, 🇫🇷 Français (note: translations other than Italian may not be 100% accurate)
- 🌙 Dark / Light mode with system preference detection
- 📂 Recent files sidebar with persistent history
- 🖱️ Drag & drop support for opening files
- 📋 GFM support: Tables, task lists, strikethrough, autolinks
- 🖥️ Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux (Debian, Arch, and more)
- ⚡ No installation required: Download and run
- 📋 Copy code button on code blocks
Download the latest release from the Releases page.
| Platform | File | How to run |
|---|---|---|
| Windows (64-bit) | MultiMDReader_*_x64-setup.exe | Double-click to install & run |
| Windows (32-bit x86) | MultiMDReader_*_x86-setup.exe | Double-click to install & run |
| Windows (Portable x64) | multimdreader_*_x64-portable-win.exe | Just run the .exe — no install needed |
| Windows (Portable x86) | multimdreader_*_x86-portable-win.exe | Just run the .exe — no install needed |
| macOS (Intel x64) | MultiMDReader_*_x64.dmg | Open .dmg → drag to Applications |
| macOS (Apple Silicon arm64) | MultiMDReader_*_aarch64.dmg | Open .dmg → drag to Applications |
| Linux (Debian/Ubuntu x64) | MultiMDReader_*_amd64.deb | sudo dpkg -i *.deb |
| Linux (Debian/Ubuntu x86) | MultiMDReader_*_i386.deb | sudo dpkg -i *.deb |
| Linux (All distros x64) | MultiMDReader_*_amd64.AppImage | chmod +x && ./MultiMDReader_*.AppImage |
| Linux (Arch x64) | multimdreader-bin-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst | sudo pacman -U *.pkg.tar.zst |
| Linux (Arch x86) | multimdreader-bin-*-i686.pkg.tar.zst | sudo pacman -U *.pkg.tar.zst |
⚠️ Testing notice: Only Windows releases have been tested by the author (specifically on Windows 11). macOS and Linux builds are provided as-is and may contain platform-specific issues. If you encounter a problem on macOS or Linux, please open an issue.
- Dashboard: piboh.github.io/multimdreader — project landing page
- Live Demo: piboh.github.io/multimdreader/demo — try the reader in your browser
npm install
npm run build
# Output in dist/# Install Tauri CLI (included in devDependencies)
npm install
# Development
npm run tauri dev
# Production build
npm run tauri build
# Output in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/npx tauri icon public/icon.pngEach workflow runs on tag push (v*) — builds desktop apps for the specific platform:
| Workflow | Platform | Output |
|---|---|---|
release-windows.yml | Windows | .exe installer + portable .exe |
release-macos.yml | macOS Intel + Apple Silicon | .dmg for both architectures |
release-linux.yml | Linux | .deb, .AppImage, Arch .pkg.tar.zst |
Runs on every push to main — deploys both the dashboard and demo to GitHub Pages:
/→ Project dashboard/landing page/demo/→ Live web app demo
- Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4
- Markdown: react-markdown, remark-gfm, rehype-highlight
- i18n: i18next, react-i18next
- Desktop: Tauri v2 (Rust)
- Build: Vite, GitHub Actions
.md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, .mkdn, .mdwn, .mdtxt, .mdtext, .txt
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+O | Open file |
Ctrl+S | Save file |
Ctrl+F | Find in document |
Ctrl+B | Toggle sidebar |
Ctrl+D | Toggle dark/light |
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
Ctrl+Y | Redo |
Escape | Close dialog/search |
AGPL-3.0 © PiBOH
Repository: github.com/PiBOH/multimdreader
Author: PiBOH
Version: 0.1.1_STABLE5