Texodus is a modern, fast, and beautiful Markdown editor built with Tauri 2 and Vue 3. Designed for performance and a premium user experience, it combines the power of Rust with the flexibility of modern web technologies to provide a native-feeling desktop writing environment with robust support for the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) standard.
Download the latest release from the releases page. It's available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. You can also build it from source.
- CodeMirror 6 Editor: Modern editing experience with markdown syntax highlighting, smart indentation, and large-document performance.
- Live Markdown Preview: Real-time, debounced rendering with full GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) support — tables, strikethrough, autolinks, and interactive task list checkboxes you can toggle directly in the preview.
- Mermaid Diagrams: Render flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and other Mermaid graph types inline in the preview, themed to match the active color scheme.
- Local Images: Embed images with relative (
) or absolute filesystem paths — resolved against the open document's directory via Tauri's asset protocol. - Export: Save the current document as standalone HTML or PDF.
- Multi-Document & Multi-Window: Open multiple documents in a new tabbed interface or separate native windows.
- Auto-Reload: Files are automatically reloaded when they are changed on disk by external programs.
- Settings Mode: A dedicated settings mode for easier configuration.
- Dynamic Layouts: Switch between Split View, Focus Mode (editor only), and Preview Only modes.
- 10 Color Schemes: Default, Solarized, Nord, Monokai, Dracula, GitHub, Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Everforest, and Matrix — each with light and dark variants.
- Document Statistics: Live word / character / line counts and reading-time estimates.
- Custom Typography: Curated editor and preview fonts (JetBrains Mono, Iosevka, Inter, Roboto, Merriweather, …), all bundled locally — no network fonts.
- Native Integration:
- Full system menu support with keyboard accelerators.
- Open Recent submenu in the File menu.
- Drag-and-drop file support.
- Window state persistence (remembers size, position, and maximized state).
- Unsaved changes protection.
- Secure & Fast: Built on Tauri 2 with a strict CSP and a local-first philosophy — no telemetry, no cloud.
- Core: Tauri 2 (Rust)
- Frontend: Vue 3 (Composition API) + Vite
- Editor: CodeMirror 6
- State: Pinia
- Markdown: marked.js compliant with the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) specification, with DOMPurify for sanitization.
- Diagrams: Mermaid
- Syntax Highlighting: Prism.js (preview code blocks)
- Styling: Vanilla CSS (no frameworks) with CSS variables for theming.
- Package Manager: Bun (recommended)
- Rust installed.
- Bun (preferred) or Node.js.
- System-specific dependencies for Tauri (see Tauri Prerequisites).
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/w512/texodus.git cd texodus -
Install dependencies:
bun install
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Run the development server:
bun run tauri dev
To create a production-ready installer for your current platform:
bun run tauri buildLinux builds produce .deb, .AppImage, and .rpm packages; macOS produces .dmg and .app; Windows produces an NSIS installer.
src/: Vue.js frontend source code.assets/: App icons and static assets.components/: Reusable Vue components.composables/: Shared logic (CodeMirror, native menus, formatting, scroll sync).services/: Core application services (file I/O, export, Mermaid, sanitization).stores/: Pinia state management (editor + settings).themes/: Color scheme definitions and Prism stylesheet.utils/: Path helpers and other small utilities.
src-tauri/: Rust backend and Tauri configuration.screenshots/: Application screenshots for documentation.
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 - see the LICENSE file for details.
