VizShelf
Markdown & HTML editor for macOS

One file, one window.
Written beautifully.

ViMD is a focused editor for Markdown and HTML files on your disk. Each window is one document. Write plain text and see it formatted as you type — images, tables, columns, callouts and LaTeX math — with your other documents one click away in the sidebar.

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Offline-first — your files stay plain text on your disk · macOS 13 Ventura or later, Apple silicon or Intel · 14-day free trial · Windows, iPhone & iPad planned

ViMD with a lecture note: two columns of pictures with captions, a callout and the file sidebar
Write and see

Plain text in, a finished page out

Type Markdown and it turns into formatted text right where you write — headings, lists, tables, quotes and code. A toolbar adds what Markdown has no syntax for.

  • Images with width, alignment and caption; two- and three-column layouts
  • Callouts, rich link cards with a preview, horizontal rules
  • LaTeX math, inline and as display formulas, and highlighted code blocks
  • Task lists, and tables that paste into spreadsheets as real cells
ViMD with a formula, a table, a code block and a task list

Made for files you keep

No library to import into and no format of our own: ViMD edits the .md, .html and .txt files where they already are.

Sidebar by folder

The documents next to the one you have open, folder by folder. Filter by name, go up a folder, start a new document, or open another one in a tab.

Images beside the document

Pasted or dropped pictures are saved in an _Images folder next to the file, linked with relative paths — so the folder can move, sync or be shared as a whole.

Links between documents

A link to another Markdown file opens it in its own window, so a folder of notes reads like a small wiki.

A real Mac document app

New, Open, Open Recent, Open Folder, Save a Copy, Revert and Show in Finder, one window per file, tabs, and light or dark at a click.

Markdown and HTML

Open HTML files in the same editor, or hand a file to another app whenever you want to.

Offline and private

Everything happens on your Mac. Only a rich link fetches the page it points to, when you ask for it.

Part of VizShelf

The same editor, three ways to work

ViMD uses the very editor inside ViLibris, so a note looks and edits the same in both. Notes written in ViLibris, images included, open directly in ViMD.

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ViMD

One document at a time, anywhere on your disk. For writing, lecture notes, READMEs and HTML pages.

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ViLibris

A whole library of notes and the files around them, as a gallery — with the same editor for every note.

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ViPKM

The workspace where a project starts and ends: outlines, tasks, calendar, readers, boards and flashcards.

Pricing

Simple pricing

Pay once, use it for good. No subscription and no account.

ViMD — Personal

5 € one-time

Launch price until 15 January 2027, then 10 €.

  • One person, all their Macs
  • All future updates included
  • Email support
  • 15-day refund, no questions asked

Free trial

0 € for 14 days
  • Every feature, no account needed
  • Your files stay yours when the trial ends

Payments, taxes and invoices are handled by Paddle, our Merchant of Record. Prices may include VAT/sales tax depending on your country. See the refund policy.

Details

Requires
macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple silicon or Intel
Coming later
Planned: a full Windows version, and companion apps for iPhone and iPad. There are no dates yet, and a license bought today covers the Mac app.
Files
.md, .markdown, .html and .txt, edited in place
Network
Not needed. Only rich links fetch the page they point to.

Screenshots show public-domain images (NASA, Carl Simon via Wikimedia Commons) in a demo document.