Comment by consumer451
1 month ago
I just launched a free wysiwyg markdown editor. It currently uses only IndexedDB for storage making it as private as possible. The only network calls are polling for the "click to update" toast, and the feedback form.
I was sick of getting cross-eyed when looking at tables in raw markdown and was just running it locally. This weekend I realized it might be useful for others.
The goal was simple as possible UX. Open url, drag and drop or paste into wysiwyg -> very readable and editable markdown. No sign up, no tracking, no fuss.
Of note, if you copy from the richtext mode, it copies raw markdown. The inverse is done with paste.
Based on feedback, I am working on very optional cloud-sync for as cheap as I can make it.
https://md-edit.com now has an MCP server. If you choose to sync with my cloud service, you can ask Claude.ai & Cowork, Cursor, Windsurf, etc to all work on the same set of docs. The webapp has realtime, multi-device sync, version history, diffs, and so much more.
This has taken over my life. I took a week off of work to finish it.
This project was based on dogfooding, and every feature is something I wanted and now use daily. This is the most fun I have had in years.
That webapp I made in a week, is now indispensable to me as the key to human in the loop AI work. Truly, what a time to be alive!
Free multi-device sync is now enabled with email, github, and google OAuth. Of course, privacy is not guaranteed in that case. However, people wanted it for convenience.
I was really trying my best for friction-less UX on this project. I would appreciate any feedback on how I did, either by comment or the feedback button.
I would like to add that I have also added a Google Drive sync option. It does require creating an MD-Edit account for operational reasons, but I never see your document data in that scenario.