Now Available for Windows

MDZip Studio

A lightweight Markdown editor with native .mdz support. Available now for Windows, built on the same web editor stack used by the browser demo.

Download for Windows

The Windows install includes a File Explorer shell extension with .mdz preview and file-type registration.

Want to try the editor now? Open the browser-based Editor Demo — no install needed.

Download this page as .mdz

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MDZip Studio is...

  • A reference application demonstrating native .mdz create and view workflows
  • A simple, performant Markdown editor — even if you don't need .mdz files
  • A Windows desktop app today, with macOS and Linux planned (Electron + web)

MDZip Studio is NOT...

  • Meant to be a replacement for your favorite Markdown editor (unless you need .mdz support until your editor supports it)
  • A knowledge base system — there are plenty of those already
  • A full word processor — there are plenty of those already
  • Super minimalist, it has buttons but just the useful ones.

Markdown support

  • Editing: CommonMark-based Markdown editing through CodeMirror's @codemirror/lang-markdown support.
  • Preview/rendering: GitHub Flavored Markdown-style rendering through marked with its default GFM mode enabled.
  • Safety: Rendered HTML is sanitized with DOMPurify before display.
  • Code blocks: Fenced code blocks are highlighted with highlight.js when a language is recognized.
  • Diagrams: Mermaid code blocks render inline in the preview.

Features

  • Single document .md and .mdz editing (Common Mark)
  • Convert an .md file to .mdz on demand (e.g. when inserting an image)
  • Basic Markdown formatting controls
  • Image support (images are archived inside the .mdz)
  • Source, preview, and split view modes
  • Drag and drop file rearranging within the archive
  • Archive validation
  • Manifest editing
  • Folder packing
  • Recent files
  • Manual update checks
  • Windows File Explorer integration (.mdz preview + file-type registration)

Planned features

  • Print / Save to PDF
  • Conversion to and from other formats via Pandoc
  • Table formatting controls
  • Plug-in system to use other renderers (draw.io, etc.)
  • Saved preferences (theme, editor configuration etc.)
  • Templates
  • macOS and Linux installers

Out of scope

  • WYSIWYG editing
  • Tabbed or multi-window layouts
  • File manager

This page renders from studio.mdz — one self-contained file. Download it, open it in the web editor, or read how these pages are made.