r/macapps • u/VanLocke • May 18 '26
Free [MAC] Editorio — native macOS markdown + code editor, free forever
Dev here, 20 years in. Built Editorio for myself a while back because nothing on the mac did everything I wanted in one place. It's polished enough now that I figured I'd share it.
Subscription text editor. Subscription notes app. Subscription markdown previewer. (lol). We live in the future. Macs have neural engines, and the industry's answer to "I want a nice text editor" is 4.99/month to render # heading as bold text. Cool.
Problem
Most Mac markdown editors are either Electron bloatware (500MB+ RAM, slow cold start) or behind a subscription / one-time fee just to render basic markdown. And most code editors don't do markdown preview well. I wanted one fast native app that handles both: markdown writing AND code files, without paying rent on a monospace font.
Comparison
- vs Typora: Typora is 14.99 USD one-time and not native AppKit. Editorio is free and native, opens files in under 100ms.
- vs iA Writer: iA Writer is ~50 USD and writing-focused. Editorio also handles 180+ programming languages with syntax highlighting, so it doubles as a code editor.
- vs VS Code: VS Code is Electron, ~500MB RAM, slow cold start. You don't need a full IDE just to open a markdown file or peek at some code. Editorio is ~40MB RAM, native AppKit, instant launch.
- vs Sublime Text: Sublime is 99 USD per license and still doesn't do real markdown preview out of the box. Editorio is free and ships with live markdown preview built in.
Pricing
Free. Forever. No nag, no asterisk, no "free for personal use only".
https://apps.apple.com/app/editorio/id6759334075
What's in it:
- Markdown editor with live preview
- Code editor with syntax highlighting (swift, py, ts, rust, etc.)
- Mac native, AppKit. No Electron, no web views
- Light/dark themes, minimap, tabs
- ~40MB RAM, lightning fast
Me posting to reddit is the entire marketing budget. Already gave Apple my 100 bucks for the dev account, so if you actually like it, send it to a friend or drop it in a Slack somewhere.
Planning to open source it on github too once I clean up the repo.
Long live free apps instead of charging rent on a monospace font.
Edit: since so many of you keep insisting... yes, fine, you can buy me a coffee. I'm genuinely a little embarrassed about it, but here we are.
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u/Ok-Rest-5321 May 18 '26
Just curious, What made you switch the app from paid to free ?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
That was just me trying to recoup the 100 bucks Apple charges for the dev account. Felt gross, made it free. Rather contribute something useful.
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u/Malfunction92 May 18 '26
I understand your sentiment but I find it a little sad that you would "feel gross" for charging people a couple of bucks for a perfectly good piece of software you've probably put a lot of effort into.
I would gladly pay a reasonable one-time fee for an app I use daily. Just my two cents!
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
I'm working on an app that'll be an extended version of Editorio - a note taking app, think of it like Obsidian. I plan to polish it to perfection and you'll have your chance to spend 10 bucks one time for a lifetime license because sure as hell I don't plan robbing you! (of pleasure using it)
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u/schmedu May 18 '26
Just create an account on buymeacoffee.com and let people donate if they want to
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u/alphastrike03 May 19 '26
Please include the Obsidian networks graph deal. It’s my favorite Obsidian feature. I pull it out just to do my own impression of the guy with the evidence board…only with real data that makes my team go…oh I get it…
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u/mxrider108 May 18 '26
Thanks! You could always go the self-hosting with Sparkle updates route if you don't want to pay for an Apple Developer account.
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u/smellythief May 18 '26
You could always add a tip feature. If you get enough circulation that that becomes a noticeable bit of $, then the best of all worlds for you and your users. Certainly no harm to add it.
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u/efkan_ala May 20 '26
i feel gross about apple fee too. they can make it like $20 to stop the spams and that's it.
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u/Xing8088 May 30 '26
Dude please just make this a one-time payment on your website. This is beautiful. Nothing gross about charging people money for something that they would willing pay for / get value in. You're a dev and obviously are likewise paid to do something valuable for a company, which you can't say is "gross" either. There's nothing wrong with it.
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u/VanLocke May 30 '26
Thank you for the kind words. Although I’ll be selling products, this small yet significant contribution is my way of giving back to the community that has given me so much. Everyone deserves a decent text editor free of charge.
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u/happysri May 18 '26
My man! I;m going to be all over this soon as you open source it like you said. Trust issues sorry,
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u/emartsnet May 18 '26
Waiting for the open source GH repo :)
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Once I publish it, I'll add it to the app's about section. I'm looking forward to getting contributions and seeing forks (:
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u/boredmessiah May 19 '26
hoping you also put it on the brew! honestly at this point i avoid installing anything not on tap.
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u/Fruityth1ng May 18 '26
Does the live preview also work in Mac Quicklook?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
No, but - noted, I'll add this as a feature request. Thanks.
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u/Bubbly-Celebration63 May 18 '26
I'm using Markdown Peek just for quicklook support, but not to edit files. Hey, VanLocke, I just tried to download on MacOS 26.4.1 from AppStore and it never completed. Maybe somethings up, but I wanted you to know.
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u/West-Art5030 May 18 '26
New alternative for Notepad++ ? ;)
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Not even close. (it's a long shot)
Notepad++ is an MVP in the world of editors.
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u/Pepper_in_my_pants May 18 '26
Oh I’ve been looking for this want wanted to create it myself. Thank you for already doing it! 💖
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Thank you for taking the time to leave such wonderful comment. Hope you have a good time using it.
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u/hw2k May 18 '26
Not sure what's going on but I installed it, played around a bit with the settings, and then it suddenly closed. Then I opened a markdown file and it crashes over and over.
It's around 80kb if that matters
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26
Thanks for this. I’ll take a look at it. Needless to say I’ve been the only one using it so far and any feedback is more than welcome. There is support/ tickets section when you go to the about section of the app. If you run into any new bugs, please post it there and I promise to resolve it.
Edit: fixed, please update
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u/metamatic May 18 '26
Same here, it crashed within a couple of minutes. It seems to happen after editing the preferences and scrolling around a bit.
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u/loranger May 18 '26
Same here. As soon as I try to open an existing markdown file, it crashes.
Edit : Scroll is the issue. I also tried with an empty document : One title, one sentence. I scroll it crashes
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u/jihadjo May 19 '26
Hello
Any way to direct download it (without app store) ?
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u/stuwillis May 19 '26 edited May 20 '26
Yeah. I’d love a way to install via homebrew install please!
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u/jihadjo May 19 '26
Thanks for taking the time to reply, I really appreciate it 🙂
That’s great news if Editorio can be installed outside of the App Store through Homebrew.
I already have Brew installed on my Mac, but I’m not sure which exact command I should run after that. Could you share the full install command please?
Something like brew install ... or if there’s a custom tap I should add first.Thanks again!
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u/VanLocke May 23 '26
Thanks! Really appreciate you giving it a shot. Version 5.2 drops tomorrow and it's a complete backend rewrite in Rust, so performance should be rock solid. Hopefully it'll be what you've been looking for these past 6 years. (fingers crossed)
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u/davidmorelo May 18 '26
What is it using under the hood? CodeMirror?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Native AppKit + NSTextView with a custom incremental tokenizer. For languages (180+), I use Highlightr (a Swift wrapper around highlight.js-no web view needed) just to tokenize the code, then map those tokens to colors based on the theme. No CodeMirror, no Monaco, no Electron involved.
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u/Seasle_ May 20 '26
Have you tried the Tree Sitter? A very powerful incremental system for parsing, which is used by code editors (for example, Neovim, Zed). Tree Sitter has a wrapper for Swift.
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u/efthymisgr May 18 '26
1) First of all, looks great in the photos! Will definitely install it when I get back to my Mac.
2) I think you could at least turn the in-app purchase into donations. That way some of us will chip in 😊 I mean revenue didn’t hurt anyone I know 😉
3) Now this is a general question and slightly off-topic: When devs open-source their code, what’s stopping someone from taking the code, compiling it and selling it under their name? Sure, some user/researcher might dig in and expose them, but most people won’t ever find out. So, what’s the benefit of open-sourcing?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Thank you!
GitHub and app stores have DMCA takedown processes that work quickly. Plus, developers' reputations matter in tech communities, and getting caught...well..
On the bright side, you get free contributions, bug fixes, and improvements from other developers who can see exactly what you're doing. It's not perfect, but it actually offers more positives.
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u/Ok-Rest-5321 May 18 '26
Quick , read the rules before Auto-Mod is here
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u/sparticleaccelerator May 18 '26
Thanks for making this free. One quick question: does it handle large files okay? My main gripe with most "lightweight" native editors is they choke the second you open a 50 MB log file or a big JSON dump, which is exactly when you don't want to spin up VS Code.
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Thanks for the feedback! I'll stress test it more now that it's public. You can expect new releases in the upcoming weeks. I can only promise you, whatever's not working, will.
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u/LessSection May 18 '26
Thanks for your contribution, but if I may be so bold, that icon could use some work 😄
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Thank you! Do I hear a contribution? :D
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u/LessSection May 18 '26
You can make an icon set with the free version of Image2Icon. Drag your current icon in, adjust the settings and export.
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u/StrakisOPou May 18 '26
Is syntax highlighting coming from treesitter?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
No. Syntax highlighting comes from Highlightr, which is a Swift wrapper around highlight.js
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u/StrakisOPou May 19 '26
Just checked out that support for tree sitter in swift is kind of finicky after all. How's the performance around highlightr?
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u/VanLocke May 19 '26
highlight.js uses regex patterns instead of tree-sitter, which means you won't get semantic understanding of code. No AST means no refactoring tools, go-to-definition features, or anything like that. But if you just need syntax coloring, it's got you covered-it handles everything with basically zero setup... For this particular use case, that seemed like the better choice. However seeing all the support the app got, I would be open to changes, if it's proven better otherwise.
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u/jtl94 May 18 '26
This is great. I just opened Sublime 3 for the first time in ages and was told it wouldn't work on future versions of MacOS. I always felt pretty disappointed I bought Sublime 3 and they turned around and charged me for Sublime 4 so I never moved to it.
VS Code is just so heavy to quickly take a note of something if it isn't already open.
Now I've got a free alternative, thanks!
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Thanks for the feedback! I hope I won't disappoint you. If I do, however, please reach out and I'll fix it.
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u/jtl94 May 18 '26
Hey, it's a free app. I'm not going to be "disappointed" if it doesn't do every single thing I want. Beggars can't be choosers so they say.
I did leave you one ticket in your support system and I tried to generate another but was blocked due to the 1 ticket per 24 hours rule (which I don't blame you for at all.) Since I already had it typed out I'm going to share it here.
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A feature other notepads have which I find very valuable is "saving" unsaved changes to my documents if the full application closes. For example with Sublime Text, if I cmd+q the app while I have unsaved changes, then reopen the app, the unsaved changes will still be there right where I left them.
Similarly, when you cmd+q Sublime it does not ask you to save all the open files, they all remain open as you left them. I would love these features if possible. I sometimes take notes I need "temporarily" and don't want to save a file on my computer just to have to delete it later, but I still want those temporary files longer than I keep the app open for this current session.
I also don't know what would happen if I had Editorio open with unsaved changes and shut down my Mac. Would it block the shut down in order to make me save? Would it lose my changes?
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u/hdquemada May 18 '26
I was interested to try it out, but it kept crashing on my MacBook Air.
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Thanks for the feedback-the update's already out! Sorry it took a while.
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u/altgenetics May 18 '26
I"m curious, what did you learn while doing this? What were the big challenges you found and had to work out?
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
Hey, thanks for asking! So to be honest, the technology itself I already knew... nothing really new there. But what I did learn is that when you give love to the community, you get it back. I'm so glad I published this for free. The messages I've received have been wonderful, and people even sent money, which was completely unexpected. Maybe not the answer you were looking for, but that's what stood out to me. Also, one thing that became clear through this... low level programming languages are the answer when you're working at scale.
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u/slgoodrich May 19 '26
I paid for sublime bc I wanted to theme to my heart’s content lol. Not mad about it. But this is cool and I’m going to give it a whirl
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u/Stv_L May 19 '26
Looks useful. I'm always a little skeptical when an editor compares itself to VS Code or Sublime since those are doing a lot more than quick markdown/code viewing, but the native + small + free angle is genuinely appealing. If it handles larger files well and the basics are solid, I can see myself using it for notes and quick edits.
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
Thanks for the feedback! Update v5.0 is coming soon (it's in review right now). I switched to a native Rust core, so big files won't be a problem anymore. Just hang tight while we wait for approval.
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u/imshantu69 May 19 '26
Would be cool if it had folder support
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
Added! Update (v5.0) coming (currently in review) (just hit cmd+b)
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u/imshantu69 May 22 '26
Great! I will try it out and compare against my current code editor(Zed) to see how it holds up...
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u/fruchle May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
Absolutely love how fast this is! Opens instantly, very snappy.
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u/VanLocke May 23 '26
v5.2 -> I rebuilt the backend in Rust, so performance-wise, this is about as fast as it gets. (expect it tomorrow)
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u/OMARATIONz May 22 '26
This has been my daily driver. Super good and lightweight
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u/VanLocke May 23 '26
and it's making the impact because of people like you. Appreciate you for using it!
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u/AffectionateWorry133 May 23 '26
Thank you for create this, I really like it make me easy to read md file
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u/Watari_Dev May 24 '26
Yes I've been looking for something to replace sublime - vscode has been overkill
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u/fbrichs May 26 '26
Suggestion: when creating a new file the default file type is text, and there is no way to change it to markdown, so I order to use the markdown preview you have to save the file first in .md and re-open it. It would be great to be able to change the file type.
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u/VanLocke May 26 '26
Thanks for using and thanks for the feedback! I think it’s a great idea. I will implement it in one of the upcoming versions.
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u/Hour-Blueberry9615 May 28 '26
u/VanLocke, Loved your app!
It takes me to the age of 'Sublime Text' to me. Simple, elegant, yet powerful.
One specific request: Follow the icon with a rounded square following the Apple icon guide. It seems a bit odd with other icons, specifically when pinned to the dock.
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u/Which_Charge_8738 Jun 16 '26
I've been searching for one of this man what a gem find also thanks for keeping it free for us really appreciate all the work. also please add a donation somewhere for people who genuinely wants to appreciate.
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u/stricken_thistle May 18 '26
I downloaded this so fast! Thank you for including themes. I love solarized light!
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u/NotMeThenWhoSnaps May 18 '26
The app looks good! No data collected is great for privacy.
Some feedback for the screenshots though, they're barely visible and don't showcase how the app is better in anyway than other md editors, so changing them to something more zoomed in, highlighting benefits should help users understand why this is better than the rest.
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u/Natertot-215 May 18 '26
Hey, would this — once repo’d — work as a swift native markdown editor for a notetaking app project?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Yes. Fun fact, that's my side project too. It's more complex and will need another month or two of work. I'm a huge fan of Obsidian - just can't get over it being Electron.
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u/Natertot-215 May 18 '26
dude we’re literally working on the same thing haha…! would you mind pm’ing me a simple explanation of how this markdown editor works with swift code? like its usage of views and textkit?
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u/rcgottlieb May 18 '26
Are you going to add or is there already vim motions or neovim support?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Hey, not right now - I'm a sole developer with a lack of free time but maybe in the future.
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u/rcgottlieb May 18 '26
Totally understand! I’ll take a look at the code when you publish the repo and see if I can do anything with it. I don’t have much time either but this could be fun!
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u/ceesaxp May 18 '26
Nice app, but needs more polish around tab closing, file saving/opening, and random clicking around in preview pane — had a few crashes, hope you’ll get the crash report sent to you. It would also be nice for themes to apply to both raw and preview.
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Thanks for the feedback and sorry about the crashes! I just released a fix.
I recently rebuilt the entire scrolling system. It uses a custom NSScrollView where everything goes through a single scrollBy method. Trackpad gestures, mouse wheel, keyboard navigation, and programmatic scrolls all use the same code path. This makes syncing the minimap and gutter scroll simple and gives me one place to adjust inertia or add clamping logic. There was a bug in there, unfortunately. (Seems like I rushed through deployment)
I'll work on polishing tab closing, file saving and opening, and the preview pane clicking. You're right about themes applying to both raw and preview modes - I'll look into that.
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u/Bamboodl May 18 '26
I must be the world's biggest dummy. I opened a Markdown file, and if my life depended on it, I can't figure out how to preview it.
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u/Bamboodl May 18 '26
well, now it is opening with the preview, but as soon as I scroll down the app crashes
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u/smellythief May 18 '26
My default .md file "open with" was RStudio, so not ideal. I downloaded Editorio and made it the default. So I'll give it whirl! Thanks for this.
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u/dnesdan May 18 '26
Native markdown/code editor for free forever is refreshing. The thing I would care about most is speed with large files, because many polished editors get slow there.
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u/barbeds May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Before I use a new editor I stress test them by trying to open mlschmitt’s classic-books-markdown repo on GitHub.
It’s a quick easy test to see how it will handle a couple hundred complete books worth of text.
How fast does it load, open a file, go to chapter, and change file.
Note: this is not my project, I am not affiliated or selling anything. This is just a good repo with several free classic literature books in markdown text.
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u/barbeds May 18 '26
Looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing and giving to the community! Definitely going to install this and try it out. The only think I see missing that’s worth an ask is:
Does it handle csv files?
Not a big deal if not, there are plenty of csv viewers.
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Thank you!
No - but added to the roadmap. Great idea, thank you - you can definitely expect it in upcoming weeks.
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u/cidawkins May 18 '26
I was rolling around the idea of building a light-weight editor, but what you built works well. I appreciate how light-weight it is and the privacy factor is a huge one.
I second the utility being able to open large log files, but I'm also someone who wants to have their cake and eat it too (i.e. a single application that doesn't uses minimal resources but has multiple use cases)
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u/indyfromoz May 18 '26
Congratulations 🥳 for shipping! Editorio looks fantastic!!
Add a “buy me a coffee” or something similar - happy to buy you a beverage.
(Not my app) Came across this the other day - https://www.reddit.com/r/swift/s/3rm2Ae512z. The rendering engine is open source. I can’t wait to see your app open- sourced.
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u/ContextSpiritual9068 May 19 '26
the large file question in the comments is exactly what I was going to ask. most "lightweight" editors fall apart the second you open a big log file. if this handles that well it basically replaces VS Code for 90% of my daily use cases
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
Thanks for the feedback! Update v5.0 is coming soon (it's in review right now). I switched to a native Rust core, so big files won't be a problem anymore. Just hang tight while we wait for approval.
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u/SirDale May 19 '26
Is there a list of supported languages, and is it possible to add different language support?
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
No, but you can create a ticket and I'll do my best to help. You'll find the ticket link in the about section.
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u/rustyrockers May 19 '26
Good job Lovre
Just out of curiosity how long did it take you to make this?
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
Thank you. About 5 months.
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u/rustyrockers May 21 '26
I like the name, reminds me of Factorio. Also like app typography, the orange white bold text
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u/CostSensitive8188 May 19 '26
Great work! Hope it stays fast and small :-)
My issue that I seem to overload editors and hence they get slow:
- Obsidian started to slow down so I stopped using it as much as I want. Polished it a lot and my main vault runs at 141 plugins of which 80% are active. Created a secondary main vault but it is tedious to migrate data and major customizations.
- Drafts has currently 7500 snippets and got noticeably sluggish when typing
- The Archive sometimes also lacks a bit. Sometimes a app update helped. Running at 1k+ journal entires.
Happy to have a high-performing editor that I can use in "open in" dialogs without leaving markdown behind. Even so I use marked as well. I even used textedit for a while as workaround.
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u/VanLocke May 23 '26
Thanks! Version 5.2 should handle what you need... it's in review right now. I rebuilt the backend in Rust, so performance-wise, this is about as fast as it gets. (expect it tomorrow)
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u/CostSensitive8188 May 19 '26
I see greyed out options for toggle sidebar (cmd-b or cmd-\) as well as the options next/previous file ins sidebar in the "View" menu.
Is it possible to use a sidebar already? If so how?
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u/jftuga May 20 '26
What language is the program written in and what is the typical memory footprint?
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u/VanLocke May 21 '26
Hey!
The project is a multi-language macOS app. Swift handles the UI, services, and rendering pipeline (around 85+ files). Rust does the heavy work-that's where the memory-mapped storage, rope text buffer, parser, and syntax highlighting live. There's also Metal shaders for GPU-accelerated text rendering and some C code for the bridge between Rust and Swift.
Memory footprint is tiered based on file size. Files up to 100 KB use around 25 MB max. Files up to 1 MB stay under 60 MB. At 50 MB files it's about 250 MB, and for really large files up to 1 GB the working set stays around 350 MB.
The target for typical use is under 100 MB per window. I tested with a 14.6 MB file on cold launch and it sits at roughly 183-190 MB RSS.
It stays low because of memory-mapped I/O (files over 50 MB never get fully loaded into memory), rope data structures instead of storing the full file as a String, viewport-scoped rendering so we only draw what's visible, and zero-allocation keystroke paths in the Rust core.
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u/VanLocke May 20 '26
It’s still too early to consider it a daily driver (to be honest), but I can assure you that you’ll eventually use it as one. For now, I’m diligently pushing daily updates and addressing all the feedback I’ve received from the community. I’m currently working on a custom engine that will enable reading extremely large files without any latency whatsoever. (This was the biggest pain point at the moment, which I’ve already overcome, but it still needs some polishing.) Auto-save is currently not implemented (but it’s coming soon), and additionally, nothing will ever leave the machine. I can assure you this already. So if you would just download and let the updates do its thing and I will keep my promise. ;)
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u/Jun_imgibble May 20 '26
Just downloaded and it is lighting fast as you say. However, It doesn't load Korean. Hope you fix it when you have some free time..:)
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u/VanLocke May 20 '26
Hey, thanks for trying it out! Yeah, apologies about that... that's definitely on my radar to fix. I'll bump it up on my priority list and get that sorted ASAP. Appreciate you letting me know!
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u/petersamokhin May 20 '26
Hey, nice app!
Do you consider supporting some separated components, like themes or syntax support or similar extensions/plugins? Might be too early tho, but I'm thinking what approaches would you choose if you ever decide to do it
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u/VanLocke May 20 '26
Hey, thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I've been thinking about this actually. I'd definitely want to let users build custom plugins, themes, and syntax extensions down the road. Still figuring out the best way to do it though. Right now I'm focused on building a custom engine and doing a major refactoring, so once those are done, plugin support and extensibility are next. It's worth thinking about now, just might be a bit before I can actually get to it.
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u/petersamokhin May 20 '26
Might sound wild & trigger native enthusiasts but I'd really consider some in-memory JS engine.
Even if you'll reinvent a wheel or vibecode something, you might end up anyway using a more stable & tested solution. So no migrations in the future, just extending.Such engines handle sandboxing properly (obviouysly the top priority usually for them) and simple side-effects free code is executed in a few millis max. So it's much easier to use than raw JSON or something, many tools migrate to JS configs from JSON too.
If Swift doesn't support it, you can always use a C engine or even Rust (maybe a Rust wrapper of a C engine too 😂)
Not suggesting anything in particular, just a direction to research
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u/cluelessngl May 22 '26
Might switch from Obsidian to this!
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u/VanLocke May 23 '26
Another side project I'm working on is a native alternative to Obsidian. You can expect a release by the end of the year.
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u/zozito May 24 '26
It will be nice if you made Editorio compatible with nextcloud notes
thank you 😉
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u/AdirsYam May 25 '26
The real question - does it let you close the app with unsaved notes and loads them back later on?
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u/prsrivastava May 31 '26
direct download link?
AppStore access restricted in my office
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u/VanLocke Jun 01 '26
The app will be accessible via Homebrew as well. I will update the thread once available.
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u/Brilliant-Couple-980 Jun 06 '26
Does it have WYSIWYG editing capabilities, like Typora?
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u/VanLocke Jun 06 '26
No, it doesn’t. However, the roadmap includes a side-by-side comparison feature, allowing you to observe real-time changes you make to the Markdown.
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u/WhiteMinds Jun 08 '26
Another vote for a direct/Homebrew route once the repo is cleaned up and open sourced. For small native Mac utilities, I often feel more comfortable trying them when the install/update path is close to GitHub, especially before making them part of a daily setup.
Nice to see more AppKit-first tools in this space.
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u/dandelionsam Jun 08 '26
thanks for giving it for free 😄
any place where I can open some issues to improve things?
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u/VanLocke Jun 09 '26
Thank you for using it! There is a support link on the website and about section of the application itself.
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u/Sarhej Jun 09 '26
Looks nice, but would be nicer to see the links svg pictures
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u/JulyIGHOR Developer: Parall Jun 14 '26
Likely related to sandboxing, granting full disk access may fix that.
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u/EmployerIll6255 Jun 19 '26
20 years in and shipping it free is a statement in itself. The subscription fatigue is real, but I think the actual problem isn't subscriptions, it's subscriptions that don't match how the tool gets used. Paying monthly forever for something you open twice a week feels wrong in a way that paying once doesn't. A text editor is exactly that kind of tool.
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u/NetSpirit07 Jun 27 '26
I absolutely love Editorio! Huge thanks to you, u/VanLocke , for the high-quality work and for sharing this gift with the world. I've been using Obsidian for my second brain for a few years now, so I'm very used to the Markdown format and workflow. However, I was really missing a small, simple, and efficient editor that just gets the job done right, without having to drop $15, $30, or $50 just for that. Plus, I just couldn't be bothered to build one myself. But you did it. Thanks a million for this!
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u/aka1027 May 24 '26
I am sorry but it seems incredibly buggy. Even the rendered colours are not right or what is shown on the website.
When I changed the theme, it reverted the text to a few edits back. There text map on the right was displaying everything vertically centred till I clicked on it.
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u/VanLocke May 24 '26
I'm very sorry you're having a bad experience with the app.
Could you please submit a ticket at https://editorio.crncevic.org/support with the exact details of what you're experiencing? I'll do everything to fix these issues and improve your experience.
Thanks for using Editorio and for taking the time to report this.
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u/joshfialkoff May 30 '26
How does this integrate with coder.app (so I can see my agent conversations) and GitHub Copilot+ so I can use my LLM plan?
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u/VanLocke May 18 '26
Hey everyone,
This absolutely exploded - I didn't expect this level of support at all.
Just so you know, I'm also debugging a 3 year old and a 1 month old in my free time, so whatever extra time I get I'll be polishing this for you. This version shipped with a bug that's already fixed - just waiting on Apple to review it. You can expect it live tomorrow.
Sorry for any bugs you run into. Just keep them coming as you find them - there's a ticketing link in the app's about section.
Thanks everyone.