MarkText

MarkText is an open-source Markdown editor for Linux. It is intended for users who want to write and revise Markdown documents while viewing formatted content during editing. Its preview provides a WYSIWYG-style writing experience, so the document’s rendered appearance can be viewed alongside the editing process.

The editor supports the CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown specifications, as well as selected features from Pandoc Markdown. Its Markdown extensions include KaTeX math expressions, front matter, and emojis. Paragraph and inline style shortcuts help users apply common formatting actions more efficiently. Images can be pasted directly from the clipboard.

MarkText provides Source Code, Typewriter, and Focus modes for different ways of working with Markdown content. Documents can be produced as HTML and PDF files. Several themes, including Cadmium Light and Material Dark, let users change the editor’s appearance without changing the document itself.

In the MirrorNest catalog, MarkText belongs to the Productivity category and is provided for the Linux platform. MirrorNest mirrors the official build directly onto its own storage rather than presenting an unrelated package. The mirrored build is scanned for malware before publication, giving Linux users a checked copy of this open-source application through the catalog.