MarkText Files

Highlights

• Fix Windows sidebar and tab path handling, and add Copy Path to the sidebar context menu.
• Preserve literal $< in HTML export and align rectangular task-list markers with text.
• Repair macOS arm64 ad-hoc signing after changing Electron fuses.
• Preserve both x64 and arm64 installers in Windows and macOS automatic-update manifests.
• Upgrade workspace dependencies and CI tooling.

⚠️ Note for macOS users

Builds are unsigned (no Apple Developer ID). After dragging MarkText into Applications, clear the quarantine flag once:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/MarkText.app

Verifying downloads

All artifacts are listed with their SHA-256 in SHA256SUMS.txt. Verify with:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing

What's Changed

• Release tracking: v0.20.0 by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/4664
• docs: fix broken relative links in translated READMEs by @xThreeh in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5616
• feat(desktop): move sidebar selection to trash with Delete key by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5609
• Update Japanese localization strings for consistency by @coolvitto in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5630
• fix(desktop): remove applied custom CSS when the preference is cleared by @woahwhattheheck in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5633
• fix(muya): restore inline HTML tag marker style and hide bare
  markers by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5636
• feat(desktop): rename sidebar selection with F2 / Enter (#1618) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5638
• feat(muya): preserve caret column on cross-block arrow navigation (#3412) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5644
• fix: [#3203] make the trailing soft-break line navigable with the arrow keys by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5645
• fix: [#3207] [#3385] commit sidebar rename/create when clicking away by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5646
• feat: support ==highlight== markdown syntax (#2552) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5647
• feat: render inline markdown in the TOC (#3110) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5648
• feat: support GitLab inline diff and multiline blockquote (#954) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5649
• fix(desktop): let the --debug flag reach MarkText in packaged builds by @xThreeh in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5643
• fix(muya): highlight regexp newline search matches (#3261) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5650
• fix(muya): keep the search highlight across a full re-render (#5651) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5652
• fix(desktop): persist sidebar folder collapse state across view switches (#5631) by @VictorVow in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5632
• feat(desktop): reveal the active file in the sidebar file tree (#528) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5654
• fix(desktop): keep Latin-1 and Shift-JIS files byte-exact on save (#5577) by @ycyc0421 in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5567
• chore(ci): remove Claude Code workflow by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5655
• docs: remove StarDesk sponsor from README and website by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5656
• Follow-up to [#5379]: move Pandoc conversion out of Export, gate it behind a preference, and report which binary was found by @dimbc in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5513
• fix: [#5239] let Ctrl+Backspace delete a word at the end of a line by @johannesroth-coreproduction in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5657
• fix(muya): correct the caret after a native word/line delete, and defer in code blocks (#5239) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5658
• feat(muya): text & background colour in the inline format toolbar by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5661
• Release tracking: v0.21.0 by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5663
• chore: bump develop to 0.22.0-dev by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5662
• fix(desktop): wait for the typed find query before Escape in e2e by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5665
• fix(build): re-sign macOS arm64 builds after flipping the nodeCliInspect fuse by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5664
• docs: fix broken links in the muya and website package READMEs by @xThreeh in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5668
• chore(ci): move the workflows to the Node 24 action runtime by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5670
• chore: remove the retired packages/muyajs engine by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5675
• test: run the desktop unit tests on Node 25 by @Zane-0x5a in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5666
• chore(deps): drop dependencies the desktop app no longer uses by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5681
• chore(deps): bump the postcss override to 8.5.29 by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5674
• chore(deps): upgrade the workspace dependencies to their latest releases by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5687
• fix(desktop): compare sidebar and tab paths across separator styles (#5683) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5689
• feat(desktop): add Copy Path to the sidebar tree context menu by @witseko in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5692
• fix(website): restore Cloudflare Worker after the Next.js upgrade by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5698
• feat(website): load release and community stats dynamically from GitHub by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5699
• fix: align rectangular task markers with text by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5700
• fix(desktop): give the renderer a platform-native path bridge (#5683, [#5669]) by @Jocs in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5691
• fix: preserve literal $< in HTML export by @Polyacetone in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5701

New Contributors

• @xThreeh made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5616
• @woahwhattheheck made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5633
• @VictorVow made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5632
• @johannesroth-coreproduction made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5657
• @Zane-0x5a made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5666
• @witseko made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5692
• @Polyacetone made their first contribution in https://github.com/marktext/marktext/pull/5701

Full Changelog: https://github.com/marktext/marktext/compare/v0.20.0...v0.21.2