Codex is a new kind of web-based markdown editor, for developers. 🎉
What makes Codex different?
Codex is different than other editors because:
- Codex is a WYSIWYG-like editor, so you can immediately feel your content.
- Codex is based on web technologies, notably CSS for design. In the near future, you’ll be able to toggle dark mode, import custom themes, including fonts, and tweak your Codex’s stylesheet to your liking. 👌
- Codex is for developers. A lot of editors are designed for non-technical users, leaving developers to use code editors to achieve the same effect. Codex, however, is designed to replace your code editor for words and code.
Yes! The editor alpha is live at https://opencodex.dev and syncs to localStorage.
You can play with the alpha now — I’m planning to ship the markdown-complete version in the next weeks.
If all goes well, the developer community will soon have a Gist-like platform to easily read, write, and share markdown on the web. Stay tuned! 😀
Codex is based on CommonMark but is being designed to be interoperable with GFM (GitHub flavored markdown) where reasonable. The reason I’m prioritizing CommonMark is because it’s an easier, smaller subset of GFM.
By far the most useful thing you can do is tell me what you dislike. The more clear your feedback is, the more I can improve Codex for everyone else; don’t hesitate to share your feedback!
You can DM me on Twitter https://twitter.com/username_ZAYDEK or email me at zaydekdotcom [at] gmail [dot] com.
You can of course file an issue and submit a pull request. ❤️
You may be surprised to learn Codex is MIT open source. Why? Building an editor is hard and the more companies build products based on hard-to-learn technologies in the general domain, the better for the world.