# amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify

:closed_book: A minimal Markdown editor desktop app

Repository: https://github.com/amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/electron-markdownify
Homepage: https://markdownify.js.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: electron, markdown, desktop, nodejs, editor, emoji, livepreview, markdownify, jquery, javascript, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-01-12T11:12:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3792, "days_push": 233, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1088, forks 924 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.590708+00:00)

## What it is
Markdownify is a minimal Markdown editor desktop application built on Electron with live HTML preview, sync scrolling, and GitHub Flavored Markdown support. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux and can export previews as PDF.

## Use cases
- write markdown with live preview
- minimal markdown editor for desktop
- convert markdown to pdf
- github flavored markdown editor with syntax highlighting
- distraction-free markdown writing app
- markdown editor with emoji and katex support

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, cross-platform desktop Markdown editor with instant preview
- you need GFM, syntax highlighting, KaTeX, or emoji rendering while writing
- you want to save Markdown previews as PDF

## When to avoid
- you need a full IDE or plugin-extensible editor like VS Code or Obsidian
- you need collaborative or cloud-synced editing
- you only need Markdown rendering in a terminal or browser

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, markdown, pdf, gui
- domain: text-editors, documentation, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: markdown-editor, live-preview, electron-app, gfm, katex, syntax-highlighting, electron, nodejs, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.590708+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 2026-08-30T06:49:21.143516+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.590708+00:00, sha 94fb437d2d89)
  - homepage: https://markdownify.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:44.561983+00:00, sha 6610bc47aecc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.