🛠️ Markdown Buddy – Native macOS Markdown Editor with Quick Look and Xcode
Summary
Markdown Buddy is a native macOS Markdown editor built with Swift and AppKit that provides Quick Look support, Finder thumbnails, a workspace file tree, search, document link graphs, and an Xcode Source Editor extension. It features a lightweight design using system engines and handles CJK composition safely.
Why it’s interesting
It solves native macOS limitations with .md files and Xcode previews while maintaining a tiny 4.8 MB app size without subscriptions or bundled browsers.
Target user
Mac users who write and manage project documentation in Markdown
Business model
One-off purchase of 0.99 EUR on the Mac App Store
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: Hacker News / Show HN
Summary
Markdown Buddy is a native macOS Markdown editor built with Swift and AppKit that provides Quick Look support, Finder thumbnails, a workspace file tree, search, document link graphs, and an Xcode Source Editor extension. It features a lightweight design using system engines and handles CJK composition safely.
Why it’s interesting
It solves native macOS limitations with .md files and Xcode previews while maintaining a tiny 4.8 MB app size without subscriptions or bundled browsers.
Target user
Mac users who write and manage project documentation in Markdown
Business model
One-off purchase of 0.99 EUR on the Mac App Store
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: Hacker News / Show HN