Workspace navigation
Open any folder as a Workspace. Browse Markdown files in the sidebar, search across all of them, or jump to headings with the document chapter list.
Native Markdown editor for macOS
Write Markdown. Stay in your files.
Mark Studio is a local-first macOS editor for Markdown documents, with live preview, Workspace navigation, PDF export, and a bundled Quick Look extension. No account, no cloud, no sync — your files stay exactly where you put them.
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Available on the Mac App Store.
Screenshots
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Built around your workspace
Live split preview
Editor and rendered preview scroll together. Click any rendered element to jump to the matching source line. Find inside the preview with Command-F.
Export and share
Print or export to PDF with configurable layout, text size, and margins. Share the Markdown source or a rendered PDF directly from the toolbar.
Quick Look integration
Select any .md file in Finder and press Space to see a fully rendered preview using Mark Studio's renderer, without opening the app.
What's included
- Markdown editing with synchronized live preview and scroll sync
- Workspace Search — search text or raw source across all Markdown files
- Document Chapters sidebar — table of contents from headings, with navigation
- Table copy as rich text, TSV, or CSV; export to file
- Broken-link detection with a status-bar issue list
- Back and Forward toolbar navigation through opened linked documents
- Open Recent remembers Workspaces by folder name
- Symbolic-link support — edits go to the link target, link is preserved
- Automatic file reload when a document changes in another app
- PDF export and print using the rendered preview
- macOS share sheet with Markdown source or PDF output
Privacy and support
Mark Studio does not require an account and operates entirely on your Mac. No data leaves your device.