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Plain text in, a clean page out.
Type Markdown on the left and watch a printable page render on the right. Switch between writing and reading and you stay in the same place.
Free for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android and the web
Cowdrey.MD.
Markdown that feels like Docs and Word. Write on the left. See a printable page on the right.
Mac · iPhone and iPad · Android · Free and open source · Also runs in any browser
This is the real app. Type anything, it saves to your browser.
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Cowdrey.MD 2.0. Everything you need, nothing in the way.
Ribbon toolbar
Docs and Word, meet Markdown.
Home, Insert, Layout and View tabs, plus a Styles gallery. No syntax to memorise.
Math and diagrams
Equations and flowcharts, as you type.
LaTeX math and Mermaid diagrams render right in the page.
Rich blocks
Callouts, tables and checklists.
Tips and warnings, task lists you can tick, footnotes, front matter, a table of contents, and code with optional line numbers.
Page view
Ready to print.
Letter or A4, a ruler and page breaks. Print or save a PDF on every device.
Export
Word, PDF, web or Markdown.
Share or save a Word document, a PDF, a web page or a .md file, or copy with formatting to paste into Docs, Word or Mail.
Your files
Edit files where they live.
In the Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android apps, open a file from Finder, the Files app, iCloud Drive or Google Drive, and your changes save back to it.
Sync folder
The same documents on every device.
In the Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android apps, keep your documents in a folder such as iCloud Drive or Dropbox, and see them everywhere.
Library
Find anything, fast.
Search every document, sort them into folders, pin favourites, and jump between headings with the outline.
Version history
Go back in time.
Earlier versions are kept on your device for 90 days. Restore one in a tap, and undo it if you change your mind.
On your phone
Works like Pages and Word.
Read your document as a page, tap Edit to write, with a formatting bar above the keyboard.
Always current
Updates itself.
The Mac app updates in one click, the Android app tells you when a new version is out, iPhone and iPad update through Apple, and the web version is always the latest.
Get Cowdrey.MD.
Mac
Download for Mac- Open Cowdrey.MD.dmg and drag Cowdrey.MD into Applications.
- Open it. It's signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any app.
- Updates install themselves from Help → Check for updates.
- To open every .md file with it: select one in Finder, press ⌘I, choose Cowdrey.MD under Open with, then Change All.
iPhone and iPad
Install with TestFlight- Open this link on your iPhone or iPad, install Apple's free TestFlight app if asked, then tap Install.
- TestFlight installs each new version as it comes out. The App Store version is in Apple's App Review.
- It works like Pages: read the page, tap Edit to write. You can make it your default app for Markdown files.
Android
Download for Android- Download Cowdrey.MD.apk on your phone and open it.
- If Android asks, allow your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Make it your default: tap any .md file, choose Cowdrey.MD, then Always. Open, Save and the Back button work like any Android app.
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