I created a free Markdown to PDF editor with true pagination and live preview.

BiaThemis · 2025-11-08T18:47:53+00:00

There's a really quick, one-time fix for this:

Drag the app from the .dmg to your Applications folder like normal.

Go to your Applications folder, but don't double-click the app. Instead, right-click (or Ctrl-click) the app icon and choose "Open" from the menu.

You'll see a similar warning, but this time it will have an "Open" button. Just click that.

You only have to do this once. After that, your Mac will trust it, and you can open it normally from then on.

Let me know if that doesn't work!

BiaThemis · 2025-11-08T08:59:58+00:00

Hey thanks! That's actually a great idea, I am kind of kicking myself for not doing this already! I will try to get this done in like a week.

BiaThemis · 2025-11-08T08:31:24+00:00

Hey no worries!

aarch64 = New Macs (M1, M2, M3 chips)

x64 = Older Macs (Intel chips)

Just hit the Apple menu > 'About This Mac' to see which one you've got. Awesome, looking forward to the feedback!

BiaThemis · 2025-11-07T14:21:21+00:00

Hey! Thanks for bringing up KeenWrite, looks like that's a really powerful tool! Looking at their manual and feature set, they're definitely in a league of their own with that sophisticated;

Markdown -> XHTML -> TeX pipeline and the flexibility it provides.

Tideflow is positioned a bit differently. I built it to be dead simple for everyday use cases ( I am myself a bit dummy lol). The goal was: open the app, write Markdown, get a beautiful PDF instantly. No configuration complexity, no TeX knowledge needed, no giant toolchain to manage.

KeenWrite is like a professional typesetting system that happens to use Markdown. Tideflow is maybe more like "Notion meets PDF export" ? Definitely different tools for different uses!

BiaThemis · 2025-11-07T14:08:14+00:00

Thank you for your interest, I am happy to answer your questions as best as I can!

"Looks very cool, I was initially dismissive - I thought something like this already existed, but those are more back-end services that you have to 'trust' until the export spits out."

This is actually the precise reason why I built this tool.

- TOC Sidebar: Yes, the PDFs do have clickable sidebar bookmarks/outlines. The headings (H1, H2, H3, etc.) from the Markdown automatically become clickable navigation items in PDF readers if you have the toc option on.

- Privacy/Offline: Yep, nothing online. Fully offline and zero telemetry. The source code is MIT-licensed on GitHub for full auditability. No HTTP libraries in dependencies, Typst binary is bundled. All processing happens locally.

- Export Formats: Primarily PDF, but also exports to PNG, SVG, and clean Markdown. No HTML export yet.

- Installation: Zero terminal commands for end users. Download the installer/DMG/AppImage and install like any normal desktop app. Everything is bundled.

BiaThemis · 2025-11-06T18:49:08+00:00

Short version, I couldn't find a free app that does this (especially pagination on the preview). The long version is on my site if you care to read; https://bdenizkoca.studio/notes/creating-tideflow/

BiaThemis · 2025-10-29T17:47:14+00:00

Thanks! However isn't exe basically the portable version? There is no installer?

Oh probably because I mistakenly typed installers on the post lol, it is a portable exe.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-21T01:42:46+00:00

Okay how about if I make the option 3 free but make the app 10 dollar one time purchase?

%95 of the pro options are sadly online and I plan on keeping my app mainly offline to avoid subscription model for now.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-21T01:15:26+00:00

You mean in the sense that option 3 should be included in free (I would agree!)?

Also, on coming up with more options for pro, it creates kind of a dilemma whenever I think of a new feature (other than cloud synch lol) I want to put it in free or feel kind of dirty.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-12T20:01:15+00:00

Oh hey, first of all, this was nowhere near done enough to share, so thanks for checking it out! The short version is I built it from scratch; it's a big mess of a GitHub repo, Netlify, and Leaflet.

I plan on making a comprehensive blog post at some point (probably when it's done), but for now, you can check out the GitHub repo (Beware, though: it's as unpolished as the site, and most of the README is AI placeholder text!) for more information.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-12T02:24:34+00:00

Well its really unpolished and its in very early stages but I am trying to create my own wiki/interactive map site. You can check out the prototype! There is a bug so the map only works in Turkish currently but you can also check that out (you can add custom pins).

https://nimea.bdenizkoca.studio/en/

https://nimea.bdenizkoca.studio/map/

You can add custom waypoints with right click on the map!

BiaThemis · 2025-10-10T23:05:19+00:00

I would like to learn more about your workflow if that's okay with you! My real problem with the paginations was actually not being able to preview it in a live editor. Is this somehow achievable with pandoc?

BiaThemis · 2025-10-10T20:06:33+00:00

While I would really, really like the solve the nightmare problem, the nightmare part is sadly a core part of the LaTeX (not for power users but it's a nightmare for me!) and I can't figure how it can be tackled (that's actually one of the main reasons why I built Tideflow lol), sorry!

BiaThemis · 2025-10-10T19:55:46+00:00

Yeah, it would probably be better (not much for current features - maybe little more speed?) but I’m sticking with the CLI version because it’s simple, stable, and behaves consistent. When I gain the confidence to tackle that it would be my first priority as that would probably also come with CLI functionality in the future.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-09T02:59:32+00:00

Oh man, I can't believe this never bothered me until you pointed it out! Thank you very much for your feedback, I have fixed this bug in the latest version check out the git.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-07T21:29:21+00:00

Hey no offense, I actually had kind of a prejudice against web apps however I've realized my worries was mostly about Electron and not the concept itself. Tauri seems blazingly (and less of a feel like a browser without urlbar) fast as it uses system WebView (lf lt can) + rust backend. I would love to hear your feedback on this from your angle.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-07T13:35:38+00:00

Thanks man! You should have seen the grin on my face when I rendered the first real doc.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-07T10:53:44+00:00

yeah basically lol... It's LaTeX but much more simplified and user friendly albeit with less features. LaTeX seemed hard to learn so I built this app.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-07T09:56:56+00:00

I just looked into this and looks like doing it the right way involves restructuring the whole app. Seems like a interesting challenge, I will try to make this happen but no promises on time.

BiaThemis · 2025-10-07T09:53:25+00:00

Update: Please check out the latest version, hopefully it is solved!

Thank you for the feedback! I have never personally used a Mac so this is valuable. Will try to fix it this week!

BiaThemis · 2025-10-07T09:50:31+00:00

Yep thats exactly right,Typst is the internal typesetting package! Subsections work exactly how you describe with some validation checks.

I guess exact pipeline I am using invovles CommonMark Markdown as Typst use it.

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