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Markdown Reader - PilcrowMD

Read & edit Markdown beautifully. No ads, no account, open source.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Android
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: Markdown support, themes and dark mode.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A beautiful, private Markdown reader & editor for Android — native rendering, no WebView, no ads, no tracking.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Open a .md file and see it as a clean page: serif type, a calm dark theme and plenty of space, so long documents are easy to read on a phone.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Switch between the clean reading view and a real source editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, and undo/redo.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Export to PDF.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Open .md files straight from your file manager or an email attachment” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Markdown Reader - PilcrowMD is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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