Changelog
Always shipping.
Always listening.
Markus is improved continuously. We ship small, useful updates often — and we read every piece of feedback that comes in. The goal is simple: make Markus a tool that genuinely helps developers in their daily work.
If something's missing, broken, or could be sharper, we want to hear it. Feature requests, bug reports, rough edges, half-formed ideas — all of it shapes what we build next. Don't hesitate to reach out at support@getmarkus.app.
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New
- Hook up a coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex…) to your notes: a local `markus` command and a self-installing skill give it direct access to your vaults, all without leaving your machine.
- A one-click Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb) gives Claude direct access to your notes, no command line required.
- Insert images by pasting, dragging, or the slash menu (/image) — Markus stores them next to your notes and renders them live in the editor.
- Link your notes together with ⌘L and open them with a click — Markus keeps the links in sync when you rename or move a file.
- The `markus` command is now also available from a Windows terminal, in addition to macOS.
Improvements
- The Settings → Agent access panel was redesigned as a guided checklist, making it easier to turn on the CLI, the skill, and the Claude Desktop extension.
- Image resizing now survives saving and reopening, with a dedicated menu to adjust width or alt text.
Fixes
- CLI and skill installation is now hardened against hijacked symlinks — a foreign file or shortcut is never overwritten.
- Several fixes to images and links: multi-file paste, cleanup of orphaned files on undo, and reliable reference updates on move.
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New
- Markus detects changes made to your files outside the app (another editor, a script, git) and reloads the open document live.
- The sidebar and file palette reflect files created, deleted, or renamed outside Markus in real time.
Improvements
- Your unsaved edits are protected — if an open file changes on disk, Markus warns you instead of overwriting one version with the other.
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New
- Markus's Windows builds are now digitally signed (Authenticode), and their auto-updates are verified end to end.
- An optional "beta" channel to get new features early — turn it on in Settings.
Fixes
- No more white flash when resizing the window.
- Opening files and external links is more robust — Markus no longer crashes if a file vanished, and reports failures clearly.
- The what's-new window no longer overflows the screen — its height is capped with internal scrolling.
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New
- Hook your AI assistant — Claude, Cursor, Cline… — straight up to your notes. It can read and write them for you, and everything stays local, on your machine.
- Markus now speaks English and French, and switches language on the fly — no restart needed.
- A built-in, searchable help page to get to know Markus and its little secrets.
- Open any file in your folders — images, code, PDFs… — read-only, without ever leaving Markus.
- Make Markus's look truly yours: tweak theme colors, build your own, pick your fonts. And on first launch, Markus welcomes you in dark with its Sage theme.
- Print your notes with a clean layout — and save them as PDF from the print dialog.
Improvements
- Settings got a full rethink: clearer, better organized, and searchable.
- The editor breathes better — bolder headings, tighter lists, careful spacing — and you can tint headings with the theme's accent color.
- Turn a block into a heading, list, quote or code in two clicks, from the selection bubble or the drag handle — now with clear icons.
- Reorder your vaults by drag-and-drop, and rename files with a single Enter key, Finder-style.
- The app's update flow was repolished to feel clearer and smoother.
Fixes
- The ⌘1-9 and ⌘0 shortcuts now work on AZERTY keyboards too.
- Source mode finally shows its scrollbar in the right place and highlights search matches.
- A pile of small polish: status bar on narrow windows, scrolling to the active tab, the file filter resetting when you switch vaults, a minimum window size…
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New
- Syntax highlighting for code blocks: 24 languages, adapting to light and dark themes
- Mermaid diagram rendering, with a toggle between code and diagram
Improvements
- Refined editor content width and alignment between preview and source modes
- macOS scrollbar tuned to each theme for better legibility
- New background for the macOS DMG installer
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Improvements
- Edit directly in preview mode
Fixes
- Fixed a display bug
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New
- 12 signature themes — 6 light (Markhub Light, Terracotta, Rosé, Amber, Ink, Plum) and 6 dark (Markhub Dark, Forest, Kodyo, Sage, Terminal, Editor)
- Follow the macOS appearance automatically, or pin a light or dark theme
Improvements
- Tunable editor typography: line height, heading sizes, block spacing and indentation
Fixes
- Removed the theme flash on startup when following the system appearance
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New
- Structured frontmatter editor: edit YAML field by field
- Switch between the structured view and raw YAML, with live validation
Improvements
- Frontmatter collapsed by default so it never gets in the way
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New
- Deep search (⌘⇧F) across the whole vault, powered by the ripgrep engine
Improvements
- Respects .gitignore and skips binary files
- Results shown with surrounding context and keyboard navigation
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New
- Outline panel (⌘\) listing every heading in the document
- Search within the current document (⌘F) with highlighting and jump-to-next
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New
- Tabs: open several files in one window
Improvements
- Open tabs and cursor position restored when reopening a vault
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New
- Slash menu (/): insert any block without leaving the keyboard
Improvements
- Drag-and-drop block reordering with a clearer drop indicator
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New
- Visual (WYSIWYG) editing with clean Markdown output
- Command palette (⌘K): commands, files and search in one place
- Quick open (⌘P): fuzzy-match any filename across your vaults
Improvements
- Rendering rewrite that significantly cuts typing latency on long documents
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New
- File context menu: open, rename, duplicate, move, copy path, reveal, export
- Normalized Markdown export (palette, status bar, context menu)
Improvements
- Renaming updates open tabs and the outline in place
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New
- First private beta for macOS
- Multi-vault sidebar: open any folder as a live vault
Improvements
- Local-first: no account, no cloud — your files stay on your disk
That's the story so far — and there's much more on the way. Have a suggestion or hit a bug? We read everything — write to support@getmarkus.app.