# Code52/DownmarkerWPF

MarkPad - a visual Markdown editor (inspired by the Downmarker project)

Repository: https://github.com/Code52/DownmarkerWPF
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/downmarkerwpf
Homepage: http://code52.org/DownmarkerWPF/
Language: C#
License: MS-PL
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-06-22T15:45:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5361, "days_push": 1533, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1442, forks 452 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.696414+00:00)

## What it is
MarkPad (formerly DownmarkerWPF) is a visual Markdown editor for Windows built with WPF, featuring real-time side-by-side preview, spellchecking, and publishing to blogs, GitHub, and Jekyll sites. It was developed by the Code52 community project.

## Use cases
- write markdown blog posts with live preview
- edit markdown files with spellcheck on windows
- publish markdown directly to a blog or github
- manage a jekyll site's markdown content
- paste clipboard images into markdown documents

## When to choose
- you are on Windows and want a dedicated WPF Markdown editor with side-by-side preview
- you blog with Markdown and want direct publishing to blogs, GitHub, or Jekyll

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained editor - the project has seen little activity since its Code52 days
- you are not on Windows or lack .NET Framework 4.0
- you need cross-platform or modern Markdown editing features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, markdown, gui
- domain: text-editors, web-development, documentation, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, markdown-editor, blogging, jekyll, spellchecker, live-preview, desktop

## Member repositories
- Code52/DownmarkerWPF (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.696414+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:22.764130+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Code52/DownmarkerWPF (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.696414+00:00, sha 875cc6180705)
  - homepage: http://code52.org/DownmarkerWPF/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:28.967480+00:00, sha e738b2337bc5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.