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tk04/Marker

A Desktop App for Easily Viewing and Editing Markdown Files observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/tk04/Marker · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

16/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 65
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 918
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 808
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1190 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Marker is an open-source, cross-platform desktop application for viewing and editing Markdown files, built with Tauri and TypeScript. It is local-first, storing everything in the user's filesystem, and is distributed via Homebrew, AUR, and installers.

Use cases

  • view markdown files with a friendly ui
  • edit markdown files locally
  • write documentation in markdown
  • open-source markdown editor for mac windows linux
  • lightweight markdown viewer desktop app

When to choose

  • you want a simple, local-first markdown editor without cloud accounts
  • you need a cross-platform markdown viewer built on Tauri
  • you prefer installing via Homebrew or AUR

When to avoid

  • you need collaborative or cloud-synced markdown editing
  • you need a full IDE-style markdown toolchain with plugins and previews of complex extensions

Facets

application · maturity active

markdown editor gui text-editors documentation cross-platform desktop-applications cross-platform windows markdown-editor tauri-app local-first file-viewer tauri desktop macos linux

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
tk04/Markermain16

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="tk04/Marker")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem