Marka

A lightweight, native Linux Markdown viewer and editor built with GTK4 and libadwaita. Renders Markdown in real time with GitHub-style typography, syntax-highlighted code blocks via Pygments, and automatic light/dark theme support.

[Editor pane]  |  [Live preview pane]
               |
# Hello World  |  <h1>Hello World</h1> (rendered)
               |
**bold** text  |  <b>bold</b> text (rendered)

Features

• Live split-pane preview with GitHub-style CSS
• Syntax highlighting via GtkSourceView 5 (plain-text fallback included)
• Full CommonMark support: tables, task lists, footnotes, fenced code, strikethrough
• Find in document (Ctrl+F)
• Zoom preview (Ctrl+= / Ctrl+-)
• Print preview (Ctrl+P)
• Export rendered document to HTML
• Drag-and-drop file opening
• Recent files history
• Persistent window geometry and last-opened file across sessions
• Respects system light/dark theme via libadwaita

Installation

pip (recommended for developers)

pip install marka
marka

Ubuntu / Debian (PPA)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:HemanthGangula/marka
sudo apt update
sudo apt install marka

Flatpak

flatpak install flathub io.github.HemanthGangula.Marka
flatpak run io.github.HemanthGangula.Marka

Snap

sudo snap install marka
marka

Manual / from source

git clone https://github.com/HemanthGangula/marka.git
cd marka

# Install system dependencies (Ubuntu 24.04 Noble)
sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-adw-1 \
                 gir1.2-webkit-6.0 gir1.2-gtksource-5

# Install Python dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run directly
python3 main.py

# Or install via pip in editable mode
pip install -e .
marka

System Requirements

Component	Minimum
Python	3.10 or later
GTK	4.6 or later (4.10 recommended)
libadwaita	1.x
WebKitGTK	6.0
GtkSourceView	5 (optional, for editor syntax highlighting)
OS	Linux (X11 or Wayland)

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+N	New file
Ctrl+O	Open file
Ctrl+S	Save
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save As
Ctrl+W	Close window
Ctrl+F	Find in preview
Ctrl+=	Zoom in preview
Ctrl+-	Zoom out preview
Ctrl+0	Reset zoom
Ctrl+P	Print
Ctrl+Shift+E	Export to HTML
F11	Toggle fullscreen

Running Tests

python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome at https://github.com/HemanthGangula/marka

Please open an issue before submitting large changes.

License

MIT License. Copyright (c) 2026 Hemanth. See the LICENSE file for full text.