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Apostrophe for Windows is a native, distraction-free Markdown editor developed by Gerardo Franco, currently available in version 0.2.0, which is the sole release of the software to date. The application is a port of GNOME's Apostrophe editor, rebuilt for the Windows platform using the Tauri 2 framework and the Rust programming language, giving it a native feel while remaining minimal in design. Its purpose is to provide writers with a clean, focused environment for composing and editing Markdown documents without unnecessary interface clutter, making it suitable for drafting articles, essays, documentation, notes, and other long-form written content. The editor includes a live preview so changes can be seen as they are made, along with live Markdown highlighting and integrated spell checking. For users who benefit from concentrated writing sessions, it offers a focus mode and a Hemingway mode, and it protects work through autosave with crash recovery. Visual preferences are accommodated with light, dark, and sepia themes, and the interface itself is available in both English and Spanish. Beyond editing, Apostrophe for Windows serves as a document conversion tool: files can be exported to PDF, HTML, ODT, DOCX, EPUB, and LaTeX formats. Notably, the required conversion engines, pandoc and typst, are bundled directly with the application, so no additional software needs to be installed to produce these output formats. Falling within the text editor and word processing category, and more specifically the Markdown editor niche, the software targets writers, students, developers, and documentation authors who prefer plain-text workflows but need polished output in standard publishing and office formats. Its combination of a minimal writing surface, recovery safeguards, and self-contained export capabilities positions it as a practical single-tool solution for producing and distributing written content on Windows.
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