# SoloMD — Minimalist Markdown editor

> Minimalist Markdown editor (iPhone/iPad app by 向东 李.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solomd/id6762498874 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [向东 李](https://appshunter.io/developer/1885418034)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solomd/id6762498874/reviews.md

## What is SoloMD?

SoloMD is a lightweight, distraction-free Markdown editor for iPad. One file. One window. Just write.

Built from the ground up as a focused writing tool - no account, no cloud, no telemetry, no subscription. Your notes stay in plain .md and .txt files on your iPad, readable by any editor on any platform, today and in ten years.

CORE EDITING

- Live preview - Markdown symbols fade out after the cursor leaves the line.
- Rich syntax styling - real big headings, real bold, real monospace for code.
- Light and Dark themes that follow iPad system appearance.
- Multi-encoding - auto-detects UTF-8, UTF-16, GBK, Big5.
- Tabs with dirty indicators.
- File tree sidebar, outline view, and global search.

MARKDOWN POWER

- KaTeX math - inline and block math render instantly.
- Mermaid diagrams - flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts.
- Task lists with clickable checkboxes.
- Footnotes, YAML front-matter, text highlighting.
- Syntax highlighting for 13 plus languages.
- Synced split-pane scroll.
- Tap an image or Mermaid diagram to open a pinch-zoomable overlay.

BUILT FOR IPAD

- 44 pt touch targets across toolbar, outline, and file tree.
- Larger default font sizes tuned for iPad screen distance.
- Split-view and multitasking friendly.
- Works with hardware keyboards.
- Portrait and landscape, every orientation.

WRITER TOOLS

- Focus mode - non-current paragraphs dim for deep work.
- Typewriter mode.
- Session restore - auto-saves so you never lose a line.
- Chinese power tools - simplified/traditional conversion, pinyin, CJK word counts.
- Spell check.
- Custom CSS.

EXPORT

- HTML (newsletter quality)
- PDF with KaTeX and Mermaid baked in
- Word (.docx) with tables preserved
- Copy as HTML, plain text, or Markdown

PRIVACY FIRST

SoloMD collects no personal data. No account. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. All your notes live locally in files you own.

SoloMD is open source (MIT). Source: github.com/zhitongblog/solomd


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.9.6 — 2026-07-21

Find (Cmd+F) now scrolls to the first match as you type — no more hunting on long notes. Plus editor polish and stability improvements.

### 4.8.9 — 2026-07-02

Fixes for opening files on iOS:
- Opening files from the Files app, AirDrop, and other apps now works reliably
- Recent files no longer break after an app update
- "Open Folder" now pins the workspace to SoloMD's Documents folder
- The tab bar can be scrolled with a swipe

### 4.6.2 — 2026-06-13

Version 4.6.2 — the knowledge-graph update.

NEW STRUCTURE LAYER
• Properties inspector — edit YAML front-matter with type/date/status/relation pickers; surgical writes preserve your comments and quoting byte-for-byte
• Type-driven sidebar — give a note "type: Project" and its members become a first-class collapsible section with custom icon, colour and columns
• Typed relationships — belongs_to / related_to / has with automatic inverse links
• Relationship graph — explore every note's neighborhood of outgoing and incoming links; tap to navigate
• Saved filtered views — persistent sidebar views with a recursive all/any filter builder (type, status, date, regex)
• Inbox workflow — mark a note organized and auto-advance to inbox zero
• Whiteboards — Markdown-backed tldraw boards inside a tldraw code fence, lazy-loaded so the app stays light

POLISH & FIXES
• From-scratch design system — consistent spacing, colours and focus states across every panel
• Configurable outline heading markers (letters / numbers / none)
• Pinch-to-zoom for the whole app
• Fixed: typing with CJK input methods no longer gets interrupted mid-composition
• Many smaller fixes and performance improvements since 4.1

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### 4.1.7 — 2026-05-12

Initial public release of SoloMD for iPhone and iPad.

• Lightweight, distraction-free Markdown editor
• Live preview with KaTeX math and Mermaid diagrams
• Syntax highlighting and code blocks
• Open .md and .txt files from the Files app
• Save to On My iPhone / SoloMD folder, accessible via Files app
• Native iOS Share Sheet for sharing notes (AirDrop, Messages, Mail, iCloud Drive)
• Copy as HTML, Markdown, plain text, or image

### 1.0.0 — 2026-04-21

No release notes.

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All apps by 向东 李: https://appshunter.io/developer/1885418034

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