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Products that do what Markpad – The Notepad Equivalent for Markdown does

Built this for two reasons: One: I've always wanted to be able to double click a Markdown file and see it like it appears on GitHub. Didn't want Obsidian or jumpy VS Code extensions just to view a README offline. Two: Opening Microslop's Notepad lately shows how determined they are to add bloat to every aspect of Windows, so I needed a replacement. Markpad is a simple Markdown file viewer and general text editor, rendered as close as possible to GitHub's markdown flavor. Features: - Tabbed interface - Monaco editor (VS Code) - Syntax highlighting both in editor and code blocks - Image and…

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