MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows.

MarkdownPad

For Windows XP, Vista, and 7
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What is Markdown? Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

Markdown is used by popular websites like Reddit, GitHub, and Stack Overflow.

MarkdownPad Features

LivePreview

Instantly see how your documents look in HTML as you create them.

Easy formatting with keyboard shortcuts

Markdown formatting can be applied (and removed) with handy keyboard shortcuts and toolbar buttons.

Formatting text is easy in MarkdownPad.

Fully customizable

Color schemes, fonts, and sizes are all customizable.

Customizable colors in MarkdownPad

You can also modify the CSS stylesheet of the rendered HTML right within the application.

Customizable CSS in MarkdownPad

HTML Export

Quickly create ready-to-use HTML documents, or simply copy a portion of your document as HTML.

Copying selected text as HTML in MarkdownPad.

Distraction-free Mode

Having a hard time focusing? Activate Distraction-free mode to get some serious work done.

Distraction-free writing mode in MarkdownPad.

About MarkdownPad

MarkdownPad was created by Evan Wondrasek and developed by Evan Wondrasek and David Kluver.

MarkdownPad is built for Windows and uses the latest .NET 4.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation 4 frameworks (this means it's extra shiny on the inside).

For updates, follow @evanw on Twitter. Evan is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the technology blog Techerator.com and the creator of BreakTaker.