---
title: "Blakedown"
url: "https://www.blake.ist/tools/blakedown"
description: "Read Markdown, not data."
---

# Blakedown

> Most markdown viewers solve for writing. Blakedown solves for reading.

You already have an editor. Blakedown is the surface you use when you actually need to read. Typography tuned for long documents, live reload so you never lose your place, no clutter.

Kind: Mac App. Stage: release.

## Features

- **Live Reload:** Save in your editor. Blakedown refreshes and keeps your place. No manual refresh, no lost scroll.
- **Typography for Reading:** Serif body text, 68-character measure, spacing tuned for extended reading. The kind of surface that disappears.
- **Timeline:** Recent files grouped by time. Open the app and your context is there.
- **Split View:** Cmd+D for two panes. Draft and source side by side, no window juggling.
- **Find in Document:** Cmd+F highlights every match and jumps between results.

Download: https://downloads.blake.ist/blakedown/stable/Blakedown.dmg

Version: 1.0.3

The current download contains Apple Silicon code. A universal update is in preparation. The existing app is notarized, but its package needs a metadata repair to pass the new strict verification standard.

Requirements: Current download: macOS 15+, Apple Silicon

Setup, privacy, recovery, and changes: https://www.blake.ist/tools/blakedown/help