Blank :thought_balloon:
October 20, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
A minimalist, opinionated markdown editor made for writing
Blank :thought_balloon:
Next Generation Writing Experience
- :keyboard: purely keyboard-based
- :pear: minimalist WYSIWYG for distraction-free writing
- :page_with_curl: Export to PDF
- :waxing_crescent_moon: Themes: Light & Dark-Mode
- available for Linux, macOS and Windows
Download & Installation
You can download the latest version of Blank here:
Download blank.dmg |
Download blank.msi |
Download blank.deb
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Keyboard Bindings
In order to change the keyboard bindings copy your modified version of the default configuration file (blank.json) of this repository into the app config dir (default: ~/.config/com.github.fpurchess.blank/blank.json).
Mod translates to Ctrl under Windows / Linux or Cmd on Mac.
| Command | Keyboard Binding |
|---|---|
| New File | Mod + N |
| Save File | Mod + S |
| Save as | Mod + Shift + S |
| Open File | Mod + O |
| Export as PDF | Mod + Alt + P |
| Cycle through themes | Mod + Alt + T |
| Undo | Mod + Z |
| Redo | Mod + Shift + Z |
| Insert line break | Mod + Enter / Shift + Enter |
| Paragraph | Mod + 0 |
| Heading Level 1 | Mod + 1 |
| Heading Level 2 | Mod + 2 |
| Heading Level 3 | Mod + 3 |
| Heading Level 4 | Mod + 4 |
| Heading Level 5 | Mod + 5 |
| Heading Level 6 | Mod + 6 |
| Bullet List | Mod + 8 |
| Numbered List | Mod + 9 |
| Increase indent of list item | Tab |
| Decrease indent of list item | Shift + Tab |
| Insert Horizontal Line | Mod + H |
| Blockquote | Mod + G |
| Toggle code | Mod + C |
| Toggle bold | Mod + B |
| Toggle italic | Mod + I |
Contributing
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Recommended IDE Setup
License
Distributed under the MIT License.
Acknowledgments
This project would not exist without the hard work of others, first and foremost the maintainers and contributors of the below mentioned projects:
- Tauri
- ProseMirror - thanks to @marijnh and @adrianheine
- Vite