Local-first notes for people who write.
Markd is a macOS-first notes app built for developers and content creators who care about speed, privacy, and ownership.
No accounts. No cloud. No sync (for now).
Your notes live on your Mac as plain .md files. Markd simply makes writing and finding them fast.
Download the latest .dmg from usemarkd.app and drag Markd to Applications.
Markd is signed but not yet notarized, so on the first launch macOS asks to verify it. Open it once, either way:
Terminal
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Markd.appThen open Markd normally.
Or via Settings
Double-click Markd → click Done → System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway → authenticate. macOS remembers the choice after that.
Notarization (which removes this prompt entirely) needs an active Apple Developer account and is planned for a future release.
- WYSIWYG markdown editor — write in a rich editor, saved as clean markdown on disk
- Folders & subfolders — organize notes in real, Finder-visible folders
- Todos — a standalone task list with tags and filtering
- Bookmarks — save links with auto-fetched title, image, and favicon; tag and filter them too
- ⌘K command palette — jump to any note, folder, or page instantly
- Instant search — title + content, ranked, in milliseconds
- Monochrome UI — light, dark, or system theme; no color noise
- Portable vault — plain files, no IDs, no frontmatter, no lock-in
Pick any folder on disk as your vault:
<vault>/
├── notes/ plain .md files — filename is the title, folders are real folders
└── .markd/ app data: todos, bookmarks, tags, pasted images
Notes are addressed by path, never by ID. Deletes go to the OS trash. Edit notes externally (vim, VS Code, whatever) — Markd picks up changes on window focus.
Requirements: Bun, Rust, and Xcode Command Line Tools.
bun install
bun tauri dev # run the appBuild a release bundle:
bun tauri build # produces a .app and .dmg under src-tauri/target/release/bundleSee AGENTS.md for architecture details, or CONTRIBUTING.md to send a PR.
- Notes are stored locally as user-owned files
- No analytics, tracking, accounts, or note-content uploads
- Markd connects to
usemarkd.appto check for application updates - Saving a bookmark fetches that page's title, preview image, and favicon
- Export your notes anytime — they're already just files
Markd is under active development. Sync, encryption, and publishing may be added later — without compromising local-first performance.
Markd Write at the speed of thought.