<img src="icons/icon.png" align="right" width="128">

PanWriter

PanWriter is a distraction-free markdown editor with two unique features:

1. Tight integration with pandoc for import/export to/from plenty of file formats (including HTML, docx, LaTeX and EPUB).
2. Preview pane that can show pages – including page breaks etc. Layout adjustments are immediately reflected in the preview.

Read the MANUAL for more info.

Download PanWriter

• You also have to install pandoc to export to most formats.
• If you're on macOS, see this thread on how to bypass the security warning.

Feedback, suggestions and contributions very much welcome! Please open an issue to start a conversation.

Develop

Install git (if you haven't already) and install Volta (which will make the correct Node.js and npm versions availlable in the project directory), then:

git clone git@github.com:mb21/panwriter.git
cd panwriter
npm ci

## To run the app in development mode:
npm run electron:dev

## To build distributable app package (goes to ./dist):
npm dist

Check out the package.json for more scripts to run.

Powered by

PanWriter is powered by (amongst other open source libraries):

• pandoc (import/export)
• Electron (app framework)
• CodeMirror (editor)
• For the preview pane:
  • pagedjs
  • markdown-it
  • KaTeX