Markdown editor for Windows
A markdown editor that stays out of your way.
Slate is a fast, local-first markdown editor for the desktop. Your files stay yours — plain markdown on your own disk, no account required.
What it is
Plain files
Your words, on your disk
Every note is plain markdown in a folder you chose. Open it in Slate, in another editor, or in ten years — there is no database and no lock-in between you and your own text.
Fast & quiet
A surface that stays out of the way
A quick outline, a native editor, and no chrome you did not ask for. Slate is built to disappear while you write and get out of the road when you are done.
Local-first
No cloud in the critical path
Nothing leaves your machine unless you send it. No account to open your own work, no sync you did not set up yourself. Updates install themselves and nothing else phones home.
Download
Download Slate
Free while in beta. Updates install themselves.
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