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A fast, light markdown editor that opens any `.md` file instantly. Your agent reads, writes, and co-edits the same file you're in — through a CLI, an agent plugin, and MCP. Local-first: no account, no telemetry, your files never leave your disk.
Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm XUEYANZ, and I built OpenMarkdown — a local-first, agent-native `.md` editor.
OpenMarkdown has two layers:
- Native agent read, write, and co-edit.
- Instant for peeking at `.md` files.
**About the agent**
Markdown files are more common than ever in the era of coding agents — AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, plan.md, design.md, and so on.
OpenMarkdown's CLI and MCP give your agent a direct line to:
- read what you've highlighted (only when asked — no monitoring, no copy-paste)
- find and jump to the target section (opening the file if it's closed)
- co-edit the very same file simultaneously
Note: there are no AI agents built into OpenMarkdown. And that's the point.
A single agent doesn't know all my projects. Luckily, I can fire up any agent and connect it to OpenMarkdown for project-specific context while I write.
So I built a "co-edit mode", where `- [ ] @agent turn these notes into a table` wakes the agent for real-time collaboration.
When it's done, the agent marks the item complete and appends a timestamp — which makes planning tasks trackable and countable.
**About the speed**
Existing `.md` editors feel slow when all I want is to peek at a file and make a quick correction.
With response speed in mind, it's built with Tauri 2 and purposely leaves out the caching that hogs a huge amount of RAM.
Because it's fast, I use it as my default `$VISUAL`/`$EDITOR` for composing Claude Code prompts — so I don't mis-send any half-written messages.
**It's free.** Try it at https://openmarkdown.dev.
macOS only today — Linux and Windows are close behind.
I'd love for you to try it and tell me what you think. I value every idea — it's what helps OpenMarkdown grow.
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About OpenMarkdown on Product Hunt
“A markdown editor you and your agent co-edit”
OpenMarkdown was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #64 on the daily leaderboard. A fast, light markdown editor that opens any `.md` file instantly. Your agent reads, writes, and co-edits the same file you're in — through a CLI, an agent plugin, and MCP. Local-first: no account, no telemetry, your files never leave your disk.
OpenMarkdown was featured in Productivity (656.2k followers), Notes (8.3k followers) and Developer Tools (515.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 226.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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