Marklens vs Planka Kanban

Marklens is a fast, native Markdown viewer for macOS, iPadOS, and iPhone. Open any .md file with a click and see it rendered immediately — beautiful typography, light and dark themes, syntax-highlighted code, and Mermaid diagrams. No editor, no library, no friction. HIGHLIGHTS • Instant render — every .md opens in a clean, focused window • 30+ language syntax highlighting via highlight.js, bundled offline • Mermaid 11 diagrams — flowcharts, sequence, state, xy-charts and more • GitHub-Flavored Markdown — tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough • Light and dark theme matching the system appearance • Quick Look on macOS — press Space on any .md in Finder for a rendered preview • Export to PDF on every platform • Pinch-to-zoom on iPadOS and iPhone, ⌘+ / ⌘− / ⌘0 on macOS • Open files via drag-and-drop, the Share Sheet, or the Files app MADE FOR READING Marklens doesn't try to be a notes app or a knowledge base. It opens a file, renders it perfectly, and gets out of the way. If you write Markdown in another tool — VS Code, Obsidian, GitHub, your favorite text editor — Marklens is the viewer you reach for to look at the result. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Marklens collects nothing. No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reports, no network requests. Every rendering asset — Mermaid, highlight.js, fonts — ships inside the app. Read the full privacy policy at https://donald-jackson.github.io/marklens/privacy/ OPEN SOURCE Marklens is MIT-licensed and developed in the open. Source, issues, and contribution guide live at https://github.com/donald-jackson/marklens.

Planka Kanban is a native client for your own Planka v2 server, built for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your boards stay on your server, with no third-party cloud in between. READY FOR IPHONE DUO Folded, it's a compact board in your hand. Unfolded, Projects, Boards and the board itself sit side by side. The layout adjusts as you fold and unfold, and the right-edge status bar is taken into account. BUILT FOR EVERY SCREEN • iPhone: a fast, one-handed board view • iPad: Projects | Boards | Board in three columns, plus Split View and Stage Manager • Mac: a real macOS app with a tileable window, a mouse-friendly board and drag-to-pan WORK THE WAY PLANKA DOES • Drag cards between lists. Drop one on the board's edge and the board scrolls along • Labels, assignees with avatars, due dates • Checklists, with completed tasks shown or hidden per checklist • Comments you can edit in place • Descriptions rendered as Markdown • Closed lists such as DONE, and archive-all • A "My cards" filter for each board • Notifications with unread markers KEEPS WORKING OFFLINE Changes never depend on having signal at that exact moment. Edits made offline are stored on the device and sent in order once the connection is back. Duplicate protection keeps a card from being created twice. The last board you synced still opens offline, and a status pill shows what's waiting to sync. YOURS • Connects straight to your Planka server, including HTTP on your local network • Your session token is kept in the Keychain • Light and dark theme • Opens on the last board you used Requires a Planka v2 server and an account on it. Planka Kanban is an independent client and is not affiliated with the Planka project.