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A quiet reading room
for your markdown.

Drop a file or a whole folder anywhere on this page. It's read right here in your browser — nothing is uploaded unless you choose to share.

  • Private by design

    Files are read in your browser and never leave your device. Share one and it's encrypted here first — the key rides in the link, so the server can't read it. No account, no tracking.

  • Local-first & offline

    Open a folder once and it's remembered. Installable as an app, and it works with no connection at all.

  • Read, write, download

    Typography tuned for hours of reading. Edit in place, save straight to disk, or export clean Markdown.

Free & open source — view on GitHub

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Encrypted in your browser before it leaves. The key travels in the link itself, never to the server — we can't read what you share.

Your vault

Encrypted with your master password before upload. mdread can't read any of it. Reachable from any device you've signed in on.

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Reading, editing and sharing all work without an account. Sign in to keep documents in your vault and carry your share links between devices.

Nothing is uploaded unless you ask for it — Add to vault for a document, Share for a link. Both are encrypted in your browser first, with a master password we never receive.

We'll email you a sign-in link. No password to remember for this part.

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The link works once, expires in 15 minutes, and must be opened in this browser.

Choose a master password.

This is the key your vault — documents and share links alike — is encrypted and decrypted with, right here in your browser. It is never sent to mdread, which is why we can't read your vault, and equally why we can't help you back into it.

There is no reset. mdread never receives this password and holds no copy of the key. Forget it and the vault cannot be recovered by you, by us, or by anyone. Save it in a password manager now.

Enter your master password.

It decrypts your documents and share links, here in this browser. mdread never sees it.

Forgotten it? Nothing can decrypt this vault without it — you'd need to sign out and start a new one.