ThiefMD is a Markdown and Fountain editor and file manager inspired by Ulysses.
ThiefMD is based on open source code from Quilter and other projects.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Basic library.
- Switch between documents.
- Hide Library and Document Switcher.
- Live Preview.
- Sheet Management.
- Shortcut key bindings.
- Themes.
- Export (DocX, ePUB, PDF, HTML, Markdown, WriteFreely, Ghost, WordPress, and more…).
- Import (DocX, ePUB, HTML, rst, textile, and more…).
- Search Ctrl+F for the current file, and Ctrl+Shift+F for the entire library.
- Writing Statistics.
- Focus Mode (Word, Sentence, and Paragraph).
- Spell Check, Write-Good Style Suggestions, and Grammar Check.
- Basic Bibtex Support:
- Open File & Syntax Highlighting.
- Right-Click Insert Citation Support in Markdown Documents.
- Basic Screenwriting Support:
- Open Fountain Files.
- Export to HTML & PDF.
Website: thiefmd.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Miles Wallio
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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