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📝 A hackable HackMD desktop application
Work with HackMD notes and local Markdown vaults.
- HackMD: Browse personal and team notes, organize folders, view history, and read opened notes offline.
- Local Vault: Open a folder of Markdown files without an account.
- Markdown: Link notes, use templates, read books, and present slides.
- AI and dictation: Rewrite with your installed Codex or Claude CLI, ask questions across your notes, and dictate on macOS 26 or later.
- Customize: Change themes, fonts, editor modes, and shortcuts in Settings.
Download HackDesk v2.0.0-beta.12 for macOS, Windows, or Linux. On macOS, v2 requires macOS 13 or later. Beta builds are unsigned and use manual updates.
Save open notes before upgrading. Versions before beta.10 cannot restore newer tabs, panes, or unsaved drafts after a downgrade.
See the installation guide for platform steps and the code signing policy for signing status.
Releases also lists main-<commit> previews after CI passes. These builds include newer changes, are unsigned, and use manual updates.
Homebrew currently installs v0.1.5, not the v2 beta:
brew trust --tap eastsun5566/hackdesk && brew install --cask eastsun5566/hackdesk/hackdesk
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/HackDesk.app"Get started · Work with notes · Quick Hack · Keyboard navigation · Customize HackDesk
The documentation website covers beta.12. Screenshots use demonstration data from beta.10.
See the contribution guide to run HackDesk locally and check changes.