MarkEdit for Mac
A simple and efficient Markdown editor focused on pure writing experience.
By MarkEdit-app. Free and open source, MIT licence.
MarkEdit at a glance
- Version
- 15
- Released
- 23 September 2026
- Download size
- 3.2 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Writing and Editors
- Developer
- MarkEdit-app
- GitHub stars
- 5.8K
About MarkEdit
Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown.
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How to install MarkEdit on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for MarkEdit and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 15 from MarkEdit-app's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to MarkEdit show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's files are on GitHub: MarkEdit-1.36.0-apple-silicon.dmg (3.2 MB), MarkEdit-1.36.0.dmg (4.4 MB).
What is new in MarkEdit 15
The last macOS Sequoia compatible version, same as [v1.36.0](https://github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit/releases/tag/v1.36.0).
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