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Scribe

Scribe is a Markdown editor, available on Linux: Markdown support, syntax highlighting, themes and dark mode.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Scribe is a Markdown editor, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: Markdown support, syntax highlighting, themes and dark mode, PDF export.

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 lightweight, native GNOME Markdown editor with live preview, built with Rust, GTK4 and libadwaita” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Scribe es un editor Markdown nativo para Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Markdown editing with syntax highlighting” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Light and dark themes that follow the system” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Export to PDF” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Scribe is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-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
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Scribe is a native GNOME Markdown editor that renders the document as you type: the text is decorated in place, with no separate preview pane to switch to. It is written in Rust on GTK 4 and libadwaita. Features: Markdown editing with syntax highlighting Live in-place rendering of headings, tables, quotes, lists and code blocks Multiple documents in tabs, with a list of recent files Light and dark themes that follow the system Spell checking with suggestions from the context menu Find and replace, with regular expressions and case sensitivity Export to PDF Draft recovery and automatic reload when the file changes on disk

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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