Markini
A light Rust-powered markdown editor. $10 once. No Electron
What it does
Markini is a full featured markdown editor built on Tauri v2 and Rust - under 10mb. No Electron. No subscription. $10 once, It ships with GitHub Gist sync for cross-device access, MathJax 4 for math rendering, Mermaid for diagrams, CodeMirror 6 for editing, slash commands, and split view. All in a native app that launches instantly and uses almost no memory. Built by a solo dev under the Rustini brand. If you're tired of bloated software charging monthly, this is for you.
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