Frequently asked questions

Yes, completely. There is no paid tier, no feature gate, and no trial period. Every feature is available from the start. Running costs are covered by the ads shown on the page. There is no cap on how many documents you create or how long they get.

No. Open easy-md.com, open the editor, and you can start writing immediately. There is no email verification and no social login. Because your documents are never stored on a server, there is nothing an account would be needed to identify.

No. Everything you write is kept in the storage of the browser you are using (localStorage) and is never sent to an EasyMD server. There is no server that receives documents. This cuts both ways: nobody else can see your writing, but clearing your browser data deletes it too.

Yes. Come back in the same browser and everything is as you left it, because localStorage survives closing the browser. Two exceptions: anything written in a private or incognito window disappears when the window closes, and choosing "Clear cookies and site data" in your browser settings deletes stored documents along with everything else. Safari can also delete the data a site has stored once 7 days of Safari use pass without you interacting with that site (web apps added to the Home Screen are an exception). If you use Safari, export anything important as a Markdown file.

Two ways. For something you just did, Ctrl+Z undoes it. If you have gone past what undo can reach, use the version history: EasyMD saves a snapshot of the document every 5 minutes and keeps up to 20 of them. Open the history tab in the document list, pick a point in time, and one click restores it.

No. About 1.2 seconds after you stop typing, the document saves itself, and the indicator in the header changes from "Saving…" to "Saved" when it is done. On top of that, every 5 minutes a snapshot is written to the version history if the content has changed. Ctrl+S is only for when you want to mark a specific point yourself.

If the page is already open, yes. You can keep writing and saving with the connection down, because editing and saving both happen inside the browser. But EasyMD does not support offline installation (PWA), so with no connection you cannot open the site fresh or reload the page. On a flight or a train, open the tab beforehand and avoid refreshing.

Markdown (.md), PDF, and Word (.docx). Markdown gives you the raw source, ready to move into GitHub, Obsidian, or another editor. For PDF, a print-ready view opens in a new window; press "Print / Save as PDF" there and choose "Save as PDF" as the destination. Word export carries over headings, lists, tables, code blocks, and quotes, but images are not converted into pictures.

Export it from the File menu as Markdown (.md), PDF, or Word (.docx) and send the file. Someone who opens the .md file in EasyMD can keep editing it. The old "Copy share link" option no longer exists, though links made with it still open. Real-time collaborative editing, where several people edit the same document at once, is not supported.

Yes. Tabs at the top let you keep multiple documents open and switch between them with one click. Closing a tab does not delete the document. It stays in the document list and can be reopened at any time. Each document saves separately and keeps its own version history, so meeting notes and a blog draft never get mixed together.

No. Documents live in each browser rather than on a server, so there is no sync between devices. Even on the same computer, something written in Chrome will not appear in Safari. To move between devices, export a Markdown file and open it on the other device with Ctrl+O.

Yes. Symbols turn into formatting as you type them, so there is no syntax to memorise. Select any text and a toolbar appears with bold, italic, and colour; type a slash (/) on an empty line and you can pick headings, lists, tables, and code blocks from a menu. If you want to learn the syntax itself, the Markdown syntax guide covers it.

Typing / on an empty line opens a menu with ten blocks: Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, bulleted list, numbered list, checklist, code block, quote, table, and divider. Keep typing to narrow the list, use the arrow keys to choose, and press Enter to insert.

Choose "Table" from the slash menu and a grid picker appears. Drag across it to set the size, and the first row becomes the header. With the cursor inside a table, a table toolbar appears automatically for adding and removing rows and columns, and dragging a column border changes its width.

Paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V or drag an image file onto the editor and it goes straight in. Each file can be up to 5 MB, and it is resized to at most 1280px wide on the way in. Images are stored inside the document rather than on an external server, so links never expire, but a document with many photos gets large. Browser storage is finite, so for image-heavy documents it is worth exporting a Markdown file to keep.

Not in the editor itself at the moment. Code blocks are shown in a monospace font without colouring. The language name you add after the three backticks (js, python, and so on) is kept in the document, so once you export a Markdown file, places that support highlighting, such as GitHub, will colour it.

Yes, the layout adapts to the screen, so writing and saving work in a mobile browser. That said, editing tables repeatedly or leaning on keyboard shortcuts is far easier on a computer. On a phone, EasyMD suits quick notes and checking a draft on the move.

Yes. On your first visit it follows your operating system's light or dark setting. The theme button at the top of the editor switches between light and dark, and your choice is remembered for the next visit.

They are for different jobs. Notion is strong at team collaboration, databases, and permissions, but it needs an account and your documents live on Notion's servers. EasyMD has none of that. In exchange, you can start writing the moment the page loads, your documents never leave your browser, and you can take the result away as plain Markdown. For documents a team will maintain over time, Notion. For a document you need to write now and export as a file, EasyMD.

Yes. Tables, checklists, and code blocks (the things READMEs are made of) all work, and exporting a Markdown file gives you something you can commit directly. One caveat: GitHub strips the style attribute for security, so text colour set in the editor will not apply on GitHub. Use bold or blockquotes for emphasis there instead.

Yes. Google AdSense ads cover the running costs, and Google Analytics and Cloudflare Web Analytics are used to see which pages get used. Cookies are involved in that. The contents of your documents are never sent to any of them. What is collected and how to opt out is set out on the privacy policy page.

Email them to help@easy-md.com. General questions and privacy requests go to the same address.