An editor for your notes and code that runs in your browser and saves straight to your device. No accounts, no cloud, nothing between you and the page.
Hi Product Hunt! I’m Mares, the solo creator of HermesMarkdown.
It's a Markdown editor with one idea: nothing between you and the page. I've been working on HermesMarkdown since 2023. I wanted a clean, fast Markdown editor that reads and writes directly to my local drive — no cloud middleman, no servers, full privacy. Over the past year, I focused on stripping away friction so you can just write.
How it works
Local-first & offline: Open a folder in Chrome or Edge and edit your .md files directly on disk. Works seamlessly with existing Obsidian vaults.
Smart writing features: [[Wikilinks]], live note/image embeds, Vim mode, smooth table editing, and focus mode.
Code ready: Built-in highlighting and Prettier formatting for TypeScript, Python, JSON, and YAML.
Privacy by default: Optional AI (bring your own Anthropic or Gemini key). If you don't add a key, zero data leaves your device.
Current trade-offs
Browser limits: Safari, Firefox, and mobile don't support full folder access yet, so files fall back to a local browser storage vault on those devices.
No internal Git: It’s a plain local folder, so keep using your standard CLI or GUI tools for version control.
I’d love to know:
What would make this your go-to daily notes app?
What’s missing that you currently rely on in Obsidian, Typora, or iA Writer?
Did anything feel confusing during your first minute with it?
Try it out at hermesmarkdown.com. It's completely free — no accounts, no subscriptions.
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Hi Product Hunt! I’m Mares, the solo creator of HermesMarkdown.
It's a Markdown editor with one idea: nothing between you and the page. I've been working on HermesMarkdown since 2023. I wanted a clean, fast Markdown editor that reads and writes directly to my local drive — no cloud middleman, no servers, full privacy. Over the past year, I focused on stripping away friction so you can just write.
How it works
Local-first & offline: Open a folder in Chrome or Edge and edit your .md files directly on disk. Works seamlessly with existing Obsidian vaults.
Smart writing features: [[Wikilinks]], live note/image embeds, Vim mode, smooth table editing, and focus mode.
Code ready: Built-in highlighting and Prettier formatting for TypeScript, Python, JSON, and YAML.
Privacy by default: Optional AI (bring your own Anthropic or Gemini key). If you don't add a key, zero data leaves your device.
Current trade-offs
Browser limits: Safari, Firefox, and mobile don't support full folder access yet, so files fall back to a local browser storage vault on those devices.
No internal Git: It’s a plain local folder, so keep using your standard CLI or GUI tools for version control.
I’d love to know:
What would make this your go-to daily notes app?
What’s missing that you currently rely on in Obsidian, Typora, or iA Writer?
Did anything feel confusing during your first minute with it?
Try it out at hermesmarkdown.com. It's completely free — no accounts, no subscriptions.