Your markdown librarian. A lightweight GTK4 Markdown reader and editor.
Alpha software. Still tightening the screws..
- Folder sidebar with document panel — browse and manage markdown files
- Subfolder navigation — drill into nested folders from the document panel
- Root folder switcher — quickly change scope via the sidebar header
- Open a directory from the command line:
marklite ~/path/to/notes/ - WebKit-based rendered markdown view with syntax highlighting
- CodeMirror 6 editor with live preview pane and scroll sync
- Dark mode — follows system theme
- File management — rename, move, trash, delete empty folders, create documents from context menu
- Pin folders to top — pinned folders appear first in the sidebar and document panel with a pin icon
- Pin documents to top — pinned documents float to the top of their folder; click the pin icon to unpin
- File watching — auto-reloads on disk changes
- Task list checkboxes — toggle directly in the rendered view
- Table of contents popover — navigate headings, click to scroll
- Export to PDF (via menu), open in external app, copy as rich text
- Remember last folder across sessions (optional, in Preferences)
- Configurable keyboard shortcuts, fonts, and themes
- Python 3.10+
- GTK 4.0, libadwaita 1
- WebKitGTK 6.0
- python-markdown, Pygments
- Meson, Ninja (build)
pacman -S python python-gobject gtk4 libadwaita webkitgtk-6.0 python-markdown python-pygments meson ninja
makepkg -sicsudo apt install ./marklite_*.debmeson setup builddir --prefix=/usr
meson compile -C builddir
sudo meson install -C builddirmarklite # opens the configured root directory
marklite ~/Cloud/Notes/ # opens a specific directory (session only)Settings are stored in ~/.config/marklite/settings.json and can be changed from the Preferences dialog. All changes take effect immediately.
MIT (Make It Terrific)
This project was developed with AI assistance. The code has been analysed with Codacy and Bandit. Use at your own discretion.