every markdown file
on your phone_

Open Markdown is a fast, terminal-styled markdown reader, editor and converter for Android. Private by design: offline-first, on-device OCR, and no broad storage permission — ever.

no account · no ads · analytics off by default
notes/parity.md · lexer theme
# Parity check
Intro paragraph with bold, italic, inline code, and a link.

## Tasks
[x] render tables
[x] highlight 21 languages
[ ] read every note on my phone

$ features

Built for people who live in plain text

A reader first, with the editor and converter you end up wishing every markdown app had.

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A reading view that respects markdown

Tables, syntax-highlighted code, task lists, blockquotes, a jump-to table of contents, and per-document scroll memory. Accent heading markers included.

Folder discovery, zero broad permissions

Point it at a folder and it quietly indexes every .md, .mdx and .markdown file via the Storage Access Framework. New files get flagged on the next scan.

Distraction-free editor

Markdown shortcuts, live word count, autosave every two seconds. Drafts live alongside your files and open instantly.

Share as a real .md file

One tap sends any document to mail, drive, or your favorite AI assistant as a genuine markdown attachment — no copy-paste mangling.

10
reading themes
13+
conversion formats
5
ocr scripts
0
accounts required
$ themes

Ten ways to read

The terminal-dark Lexer signature, plus nine more — each with four text sizes, three line spacings, and your choice of body font.

lexer github material paper ink midnight ocean forest sol light sol dark sepia
$ convert

Almost anything → clean markdown

Documents, data, ebooks, notebooks — even photos of text, via fully on-device OCR in Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Devanagari scripts. Nothing leaves your phone.

.pdf.docx.pptx .xlsx.epub.ipynb .html.csv.json .svg.zip.rss .png / .jpg (ocr)
$ privacy

Private by design

Not a feature toggle — the default state of the app.

no account, no sign-up, no ads
works fully offline — remote images optional & off-switchable
analytics & crash reports strictly opt-in (default: off)
conversion and ocr run on-device — documents never leave your phone
storage access framework only — no broad "all files" permission
$ pricing

Free to read. Pro to power through.

Reading, discovery, themes and sharing are free forever. Pro removes the conversion, document and tag limits.

free

$0
  • unlimited reading & discovery
  • all 10 themes
  • share as .md file
  • 3 conversions · 3 documents · 3 tags

pro

one-time or yearly · pricing at launch
  • unlimited conversions
  • unlimited documents & tags
  • all 13+ converters, 50MB inputs
  • supports an indie developer