Texodus

Texodus is a desktop application for writing and previewing Markdown files. Markdown is a simple text format where you use plain characters like asterisks and pound signs to mark up headings, bold text, lists, and links, and the app turns that into nicely formatted output. Texodus is built as a native desktop program, not a website, so it runs as its own window on your computer.

The project uses two main pieces of technology working together. The visible part you click and type in is built with Vue 3, a popular tool for making interactive screens. The wrapper that turns it into a real desktop app is called Tauri 2, which uses the Rust programming language to keep the app small and fast. The README highlights this combination as the reason the app feels quick and lightweight.

The editor offers a live preview that updates as you type, following a standard called GitHub Flavored Markdown so things like tables, strikethrough, and automatic links work the same way they do on GitHub. You can switch between a split view that shows your writing and the preview side by side, a focus mode that hides the preview, or a preview-only mode. There are dark and light color themes, a choice of fonts including Inter and JetBrains Mono, a full menu with keyboard shortcuts, drag-and-drop file opening, and a warning if you try to close without saving.

To run the project yourself you need Rust installed plus Bun or Node.js, then you clone the repository, install the packages, and start it in development mode. There is also a build command that produces a finished installer for your operating system. The code is split into a frontend folder for the Vue interface and a separate folder for the Rust backend.

The project is released under the GNU General Public License v3.