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https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD

The markdown editor worth stealing. Inspired by Ulysses, based on code from Quilter
https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD

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The markdown editor worth stealing. Inspired by Ulysses, based on code from Quilter

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# ThiefMD






ThiefMD is a [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) & [Fountain](https://fountain.io) editor that helps with `organization and management`. It is heavily inspired by [Ulysses](https://ulysses.app). Initial code was based on work from [Quilter](https://github.com/lainsce/quilter).



![Tests](https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD/workflows/ThiefDaily/badge.svg?branch=beta)



## Installation from Flatpak



[ThiefMD](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd) is now available on Flathub. Make sure you've added [flathub](https://flatpak.org/setup) to your system.



```bash

flatpak install flathub com.github.kmwallio.thiefmd

```



## Arch User Repository



[ThiefMD is in the Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/thiefmd) thanks to [Mark Wagie](https://github.com/yochananmarqos). You can follow [these instructions](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_and_upgrading_packages), use [yay](https://github.com/Jguer/yay), or use your favorite AUR helper.



```bash

yay -S thiefmd

```



## Features



 * Basic library at the moment

 * Switch between documents

 * Hide Library and Document Switcher

 * Live Preview

 * Sheet Management

 * Shortcut key bindings

 * Themes

 * Export (DocX, ePUB, PDF, HTML, Markdown, [WriteFreely](https://thiefmd.com/tips/blogging-with-writefreely), [Ghost](https://thiefmd.com/tips/blogging-with-ghost), [WordPress](https://wordpress.org), 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



# Translating



[Poeditor](https://poeditor.com/join/project?hash=iQkE5oTIOV) can be used to help translate ThiefMD.



 * French Translation by [David Bosman](https://github.com/davidbosman)

 * Slovak Translation by [Marek L'ach](https://github.com/marek-lach)

 * Swedish Translation by [Åke Engelbrektson](https://github.com/eson57)

 * Czech Translation by [Vojtěch Perník](https://github.com/pervoj)

 * Finnish Translation by Jiri Grönroos

 * German Translation by Fish and Helix

 * Polish Translation by Łukasz Horodecki



## Planning



 * Better library organization

 * Enhanced Export Tooling

 * Project Notes

 * Better import support for Screenplays



## Resources



 * [https://themes.thiefmd.com](https://themes.thiefmd.com) - [GitHub Source](https://github.com/ThiefMD/themes): Themes made for ThiefMD

 * [Theme-Generator](https://github.com/ThiefMD/theme-generator): GUI Application to assist in customizing ThiefMD Themes

 * [alices-adventures-in-wonderland sample novel](https://github.com/ThiefMD/sample-novel): Example project structure for writing a novel

 * [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org): Universal document converter, used for import and export. [Useful documentation on front-matter in manual](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#epub-metadata)

 * [@thiefmd1 on twitter](https://twitter.com/thiefmd1): Release announcements, teasing new features, programming humor, and retweeting writing tips



## Screenshots



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/theme_preferences.png)



Download themes from [https://themes.thiefmd.com](https://themes.thiefmd.com) or [make your own](https://themes.thiefmd.com/howto). [Ulysses Themes](https://styles.ulysses.app/themes) can also be imported through the preferences `Ctrl+,`.



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/drag_n_drop_sheets.gif)



Drag and Drop organizing of the library.



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/epub-export.png)



Live Preview & Export Preview



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/typewriter_scrolling.gif)



Typewriter Scrolling.



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/focus_mode.png)



Focus Mode



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/write-good.png)



[Write-Good](https://github.com/ThiefMD/libwritegood-vala) recommendations and highlighting.



![](https://thiefmd.com/images/thiefmd-screenplay.png)



[Fountain](https://fountain.io) syntax highlighting.



## Dependencies



[libwritegood-vala](https://github.com/ThiefMD/libwritegood-vala), [writeas-vala](https://github.com/ThiefMD/writeas-vala), [ghost-vala](https://github.com/ThiefMD/ghost-vala), [wordpress-vala](https://github.com/ThiefMD/wordpress-vala), [Bibtex-vala](https://github.com/ThiefMD/BiBtex-vala) and the [Ulysses Theme Parser](https://github.com/TwiRp/ultheme-vala) are used as git sub-modules.



### Ubuntu



```

meson

ninja-build

valac

cmake

libgtkspell3-3-dev

libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev

libmarkdown2-dev

libxml2-dev

libarchive-dev

libgtk-3-dev

libgee-0.8-dev

libgtksourceview-4-dev

libsecret-1-dev

libhandy-1-dev

liblink-grammar-dev

```



### Fedora



```

vala

meson

ninja-build

cmake

libmarkdown-devel

webkit2gtk3-devel

gtk3-devel

gtksourceview4-devel

gtkspell3-devel

libarchive-devel

libxml2-devel

libgee-devel

libsecret-devel

libhandy1-devel

link-grammar-devel

```



## Building



```bash

$ git clone https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD.git

$ cd ThiefMD

$ git submodule init

$ git submodule update --remote --recursive

$ meson build && cd build

$ ninja

$ sudo ninja install

```



[Prebuilt packages](https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD/releases) are available.



### Building and Running the Tests



By default the code is built without tests. To compile the test suite the project has to be told to do so by setting the meson variable `build_tests`.



After that they can be built and run by `ninja`:



```bash

$ meson configure -Dbuild_tests=true build

$ cd build && ninja && ninja tests

```



## Acknowledgments



* [Contributors who help make ThiefMD awesome](https://github.com/kmwallio/ThiefMD/graphs/contributors)

* Code ~~stolen~~ *forked* from [Quilter](https://github.com/lainsce/quilter)

* Fonts are [Stolen Victory](https://github.com/ThiefMD/StolenVictoryDuo), [Victor Mono](https://rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/), [iA Writer Duospace](https://github.com/iaolo/iA-Fonts), and [Courier Prime](https://quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime)

* Inspired by [Ulysses](https://ulysses.app)

* Preview CSS is [Splendor](http://markdowncss.github.io/splendor) + [Modest](http://markdowncss.github.io/modest)

* Preview Scroll stolen from [this Stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8922107/javascript-scrollintoview-middle-alignment) by [Rohan Orton](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2800005/rohan-orton)

* Preview Syntax Highlighting by [highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org)

* Math Rendering by [Katex](https://katex.org)

* Fountain Rendering by [Fountain.js](https://github.com/thombruce/fountain.js/)

* Multi-format Export & Import by [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org)

* Write-Good based on [btford/write-good](https://github.com/btford/write-good)

* Grammar Checked with [Link Grammar Parser](https://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/)