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Three more features from the brainstorm menu, built on a shared search
algorithm so the codebase stays small.
- src/main/DailyNotes.js — Zettelkasten-style helper. One YYYY-MM-DD.md
per local date under <userData>/notes/daily/; loads skeleton from
<userData>/notes/templates/daily.md when present (built-in default
otherwise). openOrCreate never clobbers existing content.
- src/main/WorkspaceSearch.js — tag/wikilink-aware content search.
Pure module, injectable-IO tested. Query grammar: bare words,
#tag, @wikilink, "quoted phrases". Facets weight +3 each; prose
terms +1/occurrence capped at 5; edits within 7 days get a recency
nudge. Returns ranked results with snippets.
- src/main/DocQA.js — chunk-level Q&A wrapper over WorkspaceSearch.
cleanQuestion strips question words (what/how/why/...) and verb
noise (write/read/show/tell/...) so they don't drown the ranking.
Returns top-K passages instead of whole-file hits — multiple chunks
from the same file can appear in the answer.
- src/main.js — IPC: daily-notes:open-today, daily-notes:list,
workspace-search:query, doc-qa:ask. Path validation through the
existing validatePath gate; a global Ctrl+Alt+D shortcut creates
today's daily note from anywhere.
- src/preload.js — all four channels added to ALLOWED_SEND_CHANNELS.
Tests (56 new across the three modules):
- tests/main/DailyNotes.test.js (15): dateKey formatting, pathFor,
template load + {date}/{weekday} substitution, openOrCreate +
no-clobber, nested-dir creation, listExisting filtering,
isValidDir rejects NUL/non-string.
- tests/main/WorkspaceSearch.test.js (25): parseQuery grammar,
hasTag/hasWikilink word boundaries, scoreDocument scoring,
per-term spam cap, recency nudge, search ranking + limit +
empty-query short-circuit, bad-input safety.
- tests/main/DocQA.test.js (16): cleanQuestion stripping + facet
preservation, chunkDocument paragraph + hard-split, ask()
top-K, recency tiebreaker, missing-files fallback.
Full suite: 748 tests pass, 66 suites, lint+format clean.
Amit Haridas
MarkdownConverter
A powerful cross-platform Markdown editor and document converter powered by Pandoc, built with Electron. 100% open-source with no proprietary dependencies.
Features
Markdown Editor
PDF Viewer & Editor
- Built-in PDF viewer - Open and view PDF files directly in the app
- Page navigation - Navigate pages with keyboard or buttons
- Zoom controls - Zoom in/out, fit to width, fit to page
- Rotation - Rotate pages left or right
- PDF Editor tools:
- Merge multiple PDFs
- Split PDFs by page range
- Compress PDFs
- Rotate pages
- Delete pages
- Reorder pages
- Add watermarks
- Password protection
- Remove passwords
- Set permissions
Export Options
- PDF - Export to PDF with customizable page sizes and orientation
- DOCX - Standard and Enhanced (template-based) Word export
- ODT - OpenDocument format
- HTML - Web-ready HTML export
- PowerPoint - PPTX presentation export
- EPUB - E-book format
- LaTeX - Academic document format
- RTF - Rich Text Format
- Export themes - Five visual styles (Modern, Classic, Sepia, Minimal, Elegant) for PDF and Word exports — recolored headings, links, and fonts
Advanced Features
- Custom headers & footers - Add headers/footers to exports with dynamic fields
- Page size configuration - A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Letter, Legal, Tabloid, or custom sizes
- Batch conversion - Convert entire folders of markdown files
- ASCII Art Generator - Create text banners and diagrams
- Word templates - Use custom Word templates for enhanced exports
- Import documents - Import from 30+ formats (DOCX, PDF, HTML, etc.)
- MarkItDown import - Any file → Markdown via Microsoft MarkItDown: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, Outlook .msg, EPUB, images, ZIP (audio/OCR with the
[all]extras) - Excel export - Markdown tables to native .xlsx workbooks (one sheet per table)
- AI Assistant - Multi-provider AI help (OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama/LM Studio): chat panel, summarize/improve/translate commands, grammar proofreading
- Inline comments - Anchor-based document comments in
.comments/sidecars with F8 navigation - Wiki-links & Backlinks -
[[Note]]links with click-to-create and a "what links here?" panel (local knowledge base) - Crash recovery - Session restore of open tabs and unsaved buffers after a crash
- Version history - Automatic pre-save snapshots with restore/diff/delete from the History panel
- Vim mode & snippet expansion - Vim keybindings toggle; Tab expands saved snippets
- Quick Note - Global scratchpad (Ctrl+Alt+Q) that appends to
notes/quick-notes.md - Real PDF encryption - Password protection, removal, and permissions actually work
- Offline math & diagrams - KaTeX bundled locally; PlantUML renders locally when the CLI is installed
Installation
Prerequisites
- Node.js (v16 or later)
- Pandoc (required for export functionality)
- Optional: MarkItDown (
pip install "markitdown[all]") for any-file → Markdown import
Install Dependencies
npm install
Run the Application
npm start
Build for Distribution
# Windows
npm run build:win
# macOS
npm run build:mac
# Linux
npm run build:linux
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New File | Ctrl+N |
| Open File | Ctrl+O |
| Open PDF | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Save | Ctrl+S |
| Save As | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Export | Ctrl+E |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Find | Ctrl+F |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| New Tab | Ctrl+T |
| Close Tab | Ctrl+W |
| Toggle Preview | Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Zoom In | Ctrl+Shift++ |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl+Shift+- |
| Command Palette | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Zen Mode | F11 |
| Writing Analytics | Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Quick Note | Ctrl+Alt+Q |
| Universal Converter | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Table Generator | Ctrl+Shift+T |
| ASCII Art Generator | Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Next Comment | F8 |
| Add Comment at Cursor | Ctrl+Alt+M |
Themes
Light Themes
- Atom One Light (Default)
- GitHub Light
- Light
- Solarized Light
- Gruvbox Light
- Ayu Light
- Sepia
- Paper
- Rose Pine Dawn
- Concrete Light
Dark Themes
- Dark
- One Dark
- Dracula
- Nord
- Monokai
- Material
- Gruvbox Dark
- Tokyo Night
- Palenight
- Ayu Dark
- Ayu Mirage
- Oceanic Next
- Cobalt2
- Concrete Dark
- Concrete Warm
PDF Viewer
Open PDF files directly in MarkdownConverter:
- File > Open PDF or Ctrl+Shift+O
- Navigate pages with arrow buttons or page input
- Zoom controls: +/- buttons, Fit Width, Fit Page
- Rotate pages left or right
- Close PDF to return to editor
Bundled Dependencies, Legal Notices & Credits
MarkdownConverter ships as a self-contained package. Everything needed for the core workflows is bundled; a few large optional tools are detected from the system when present.
Bundled with the app
| Component | License | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Pandoc 3.9 | GPL-2.0+ (separate process) | 25+ export/import formats |
| FFmpeg (via ffmpeg-static) | GPL-3.0+ build (separate process) | audio/video tools |
| MarkItDown (MIT) + embedded Python runtime (PSF) | MIT / PSF | any-file → Markdown import (PDF/DOCX/PPTX/XLSX/Outlook/EPUB/images/ZIP) |
| sharp + libvips | Apache-2.0 / LGPL-2.1+ (dynamic) | image tools |
| KaTeX, marked, [highlight.js], [DOMPurify], [mermaid], [CodeMirror 6], pdf-lib (@cantoo fork), pdfjs-dist, JSZip, simple-git | MIT / Apache-2.0 / BSD-3 / MPL-2.0 | editor, preview, PDF, Git |
| JetBrains Mono & Fira Code fonts | SIL OFL 1.1 | editor typography |
GPL-licensed tools run as separate processes (never linked into the app) and their complete corresponding sources are offered in SOURCES.md. Full details: THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md, also available inside the app under Help → Third-Party Notices & Licenses.
Not bundled (used when installed)
LibreOffice (Office conversion), MiKTeX/TeX Live (LaTeX PDF), ImageMagick
(extra image formats), PlantUML + Java (local diagrams), Calibre (MOBI),
MarkItDown [all] extras (audio transcription / OCR).
Credits
Built on open source: [Electron], [CodeMirror], [marked], [KaTeX], [highlight.js], DOMPurify, mermaid, [pdf-lib], pdf.js, [sharp]/libvips, [Pandoc], [FFmpeg], [MarkItDown] by Microsoft, [simple-git], [JSZip], [JetBrains Mono], [Fira Code]. Thank you to all their authors and maintainers.
Open Source
MarkdownConverter is 100% open-source. All dependencies are permissively licensed:
- Electron - MIT License
- pdf-lib - MIT License
- pdfjs-dist - Apache 2.0 License
- marked - MIT License
- highlight.js - BSD 3-Clause License
- dompurify - Apache 2.0/MIT License
- docx - MIT License
- xlsx - Apache 2.0 License (SheetJS Community Edition)
License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
Author
Amit Haridas (amit.wh@gmail.com)
Version
v4.7.1