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Markleaf

Local-first Markdown notes with tags, search, and file export.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Markleaf is a note-taking mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: offline use, Markdown support, tags and folders, syntax highlighting, full-text search, themes and dark mode, attachments, keyboard shortcuts.

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 local-first Markdown note app for Android.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “A local-first Markdown note app for Android.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “A local-first Markdown note app for Android.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Write fast and organize with tags — no account, no server, and no INTERNET permission in the store builds.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Code block syntax highlighting for 10 languages” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Quick switcher and SQLite FTS full-text search” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Home screen widget, biometric lock, screenshot blocking option” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Light / dark / Material You, tablet two-pane layout” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Notes, tags, attachments, and settings stay in app-private storage until you choose to move them yourself — in every build, nothing is ever sent.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “13 formatting actions and hardware-keyboard shortcuts” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Markleaf is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

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

Sources and checks

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

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