# tk04/Marker

A Desktop App for Easily Viewing and Editing Markdown Files

Repository: https://github.com/tk04/Marker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tk04-marker
Homepage: https://marker.pages.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tauri, typescript, markdown
Last push: 2024-06-17T01:00:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 16/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 65
- inputs: {"age_days": 918, "days_push": 808, "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 1190, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:55.959639+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: markdown, editor, gui
- domain: text-editors, documentation, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: markdown-editor, tauri-app, local-first, file-viewer, tauri, desktop, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- tk04/Marker (main) score 16

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.959639+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 2026-08-30T06:23:06.289201+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tk04/Marker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.959639+00:00, sha 27ef7d78ecce)
  - homepage: https://marker.pages.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T12:30:14.178529+00:00, sha 458bf8b6bfaa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.