Open Markdown or PDF
File → Open accepts Markdown (.md, .markdown), PDF, or a .markloom project. A PDF is processed locally.
PDF & Markdown for Mac
Open the document. Edit it here.
Markloom is a local-first Markdown workspace for macOS. Open Markdown directly, or convert text and scanned PDFs into editable Markdown — then select a recovered passage to jump back to its page and highlighted source region.
Preview, edit, verify, export.
Captured from the shipping Markloom 1.0 window.
What Markloom 1.0 includes
From the product and App Store materials. Processing stays on your Mac.
PDFKit + Vision OCR
Text PDFs use PDFKit. Scanned pages use Apple Vision OCR. Parsing runs in an embedded sandboxed XPC service.
Source provenance
Select a recovered passage in the Sources navigator to jump to and highlight its location in the original PDF.
Markdown source editor
Version 1.0 edits Markdown source, with Preview, Edit, and Outline views. It is not a rich-text or WYSIWYG editor.
Publish locally
Export Markdown, HTML, paginated PDF, or DOCX using Standard or Reading presets. Open a typeset HTML preview in your browser.
.markloom projects
Save an open project with its source and provenance, including a canonical snapshot and recovery log.
No account, no network service
Markloom has no account, ads, analytics SDK, or third-party runtime dependency. It does not upload documents.
Visible local counters
Settings → Privacy shows aggregate counters you can inspect, reset, or export. They are never sent automatically.
Free, including OCR and export.
Markloom 1.0 has no in-app purchases, subscriptions, or ads. Official distribution is the United States Mac App Store. This site does not host a direct download.
Included
- Markdown editing and preview
- Local PDF text extraction and Vision OCR
- Paragraph-level PDF source highlighting
- Export to Markdown, HTML, PDF, and DOCX
- .markloom project save and recovery
Privacy
- No account or cloud conversion service
- No analytics or tracking SDKs
- No network entitlement for document processing
- App Privacy disclosure: Data Not Collected
Markloom 1.0 is released under the MIT License. Official distribution is the United States Mac App Store.
Honest limits in 1.0
These are current product limits, not upcoming promises.
What 1.0 does not do
- Rich-text or WYSIWYG editing
- Lossless reconstruction of the original PDF page design
- Formula OCR or formula rendering
- EPUB, batch import, folder monitoring, or custom publishing templates
- Custom PDF layout beyond two presets and A4/Letter
File limits
- PDFs above 500 MB or 1,000 pages are rejected for safety
- A malformed page may be skipped while other pages remain editable
- If a PDF cannot be processed, reopen it from File → Open to refresh macOS file permission
FAQ
Does Markloom upload my documents?
No. Documents, filenames, extracted text, and OCR results stay on your Mac. Markloom does not operate an online conversion service.
Is Markloom free?
Yes. Version 1.0 has no account, subscription, ads, or in-app purchases.
Which Mac does it require?
macOS 14 or later.
Can I edit in rich text?
Not in 1.0. The editor is a Markdown source editor, with Preview and Outline alongside it.
Where can I get the app?
Get it on the United States Mac App Store. This site does not host a direct download. Open Markloom on the Mac App Store.
What should I include in a support email?
The Markloom version, macOS version, what you expected, and the exact error shown. Do not send confidential documents. You may optionally attach the local usage summary from Settings → Privacy after reviewing it.
Keep the document on your Mac
Free on the United States Mac App Store. No account. No upload.