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Show HN: JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing

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Post by mcone » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:34 PM UTC

I'm the author of The Markdown Guide. After years of recommending other editors, I finally built the one I actually wanted to use.

JotBird is a browser-based Markdown editor focused on simplicity: live preview, automatic image handling (paste/drag/upload), and one-click publishing to a shareable URL. No account required, no tracking, everything stays in your browser until you choose to publish.

Happy to answer questions.

Show HN: JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing
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Re: Show HN: JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing

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Post by jamesgill » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 2:37 PM UTC

I like your Markdown Guide, and I write extensively (almost exclusively) in Markdown.

But I realized several years ago that offline first is always my first requirement for a tool like this—no SaaS, no subscriptions (or freemiums), no storing important info in yet another cloud, no signups, nothing. I write markdown locally, convert it to whatever I need locally (PDF, EPUB, etc.).

I think I’d use your tool as more of a ‘whiteboard’, where I could temporarily share simple information that’s not critical or private or work-related, that I don’t mind the world seeing. Would I pay for that service? Probably not.

Re: Show HN: JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing

#3

Post by mcone » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM UTC

jamesgill wrote: post #2

I like your Markdown Guide, and I write extensively (almost exclusively) in Markdown. But I realized several years ago that offline first is always my first requirement for a tool like this—no SaaS, no subscriptions (or freemiums), no storing important info in yet another cloud, no signups, nothing. I write markdown locally, convert it to whatever I need locally (PDF, EPUB, etc.). I think I’d use your tool as more of…

Thank you for the feedback!