[GH-ISSUE #1332] [FR] Support markdown rendering, compilation and export for easier switching from Notion to AppFlowy #529

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opened 2026-03-23 20:37:36 +00:00 by mirror · 3 comments

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Originally created by @ARGF0RCE on GitHub (Oct 21, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/1332

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The app does not autorender markdown, as a result no compiler for markdown, and I don't see any option for Exporting it as markdown or pdf. The video recording below shows the same. I understand that the goal is to not completely replicate Notion but I think adding autorender features for markdown would be a huge plus for the app. Otherwise I face only a few bugs which I think the community is doing its best to fix it including myself.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86123710/197176462-522af039-0cc6-4403-9959-a60d93eccf39.mp4

I think that I can work on this feature. If you can provide me some kind of roadmap on what features to be included and what limitations would be there to make such a feature, that would be of great help. Although I am new to open source, I am not new to flutter. I will be glad to make my first contribution to this app which I think is a very good initiative.

Long Live OpenSource!

Impact

This feature can provide ease of typing and note-taking management without using the mouse for formatting your text. This will be a huge plus for the app as many developers that use any Documentation API or note-taking API are generally based on Markdown such as mkdocs, jekyll, etc., even Notion. As this is an opensource project, I think aiming for the opensource developers would be beneficial in faster growth of the app as they will use the app to prerender their documentation and give help in contributing to the opensource.

Long Live OpenSource!

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Originally created by @ARGF0RCE on GitHub (Oct 21, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/1332 ### Description The app does not autorender markdown, as a result no compiler for markdown, and I don't see any option for Exporting it as markdown or pdf. The video recording below shows the same. I understand that the goal is to not completely replicate Notion but I think adding autorender features for markdown would be a huge plus for the app. Otherwise I face only a few bugs which I think the community is doing its best to fix it including myself. https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86123710/197176462-522af039-0cc6-4403-9959-a60d93eccf39.mp4 I think that I can work on this feature. If you can provide me some kind of roadmap on what features to be included and what limitations would be there to make such a feature, that would be of great help. Although I am new to open source, I am not new to flutter. I will be glad to make my first contribution to this app which I think is a very good initiative. Long Live OpenSource! ### Impact This feature can provide ease of typing and note-taking management without using the mouse for formatting your text. This will be a huge plus for the app as many developers that use any Documentation API or note-taking API are generally based on Markdown such as mkdocs, jekyll, etc., even Notion. As this is an opensource project, I think aiming for the opensource developers would be beneficial in faster growth of the app as they will use the app to prerender their documentation and give help in contributing to the opensource. Long Live OpenSource! ### Additional Context _No response_

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@ARGF0RCE commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2022):

I think that I can work on this feature. If you can provide me some kind of roadmap on what features to be included and what limitations would be there to make such a feature, that would be of great help. Although I am new to open source, I am not new to flutter, dart, a little bit of rust, python, devops, machine learning, tensorflow, robotics. I will be glad to make my first contribution to this app which I think is a very good initiative.

@ARGF0RCE commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2022): I think that I can work on this feature. If you can provide me some kind of roadmap on what features to be included and what limitations would be there to make such a feature, that would be of great help. Although I am new to open source, I am not new to flutter, dart, a little bit of rust, python, devops, machine learning, tensorflow, robotics. I will be glad to make my first contribution to this app which I think is a very good initiative.

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2026-03-23 20:37:37 +00:00

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@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Oct 28, 2022):

Hi @ARGF0RCE , v0.0.6 is out. It includes a major upgrade to the editor experience. We now support basic Markdown syntax!
That said, there are advanced Markdown syntax we have not supported yet. If you are interested in working on this topic, you can pick one that's not supported. Here is an example you can follow. It should be quite straightforward if you know Flutter.

@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Oct 28, 2022): Hi @ARGF0RCE , [v0.0.6](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/releases/tag/0.0.6) is out. It includes a major upgrade to the editor experience. We now support basic Markdown syntax! That said, there are advanced Markdown syntax we have not supported yet. If you are interested in working on this topic, you can pick one that's not supported. Here is an[ example](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/discussions/1100) you can follow. It should be quite straightforward if you know Flutter.

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@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023):

Here is a list of markdown we support: https://appflowy.gitbook.io/docs/essential-documentation/markdown
We also support export as .md
Please give it a try using the latest release

@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Jun 13, 2023): Here is a list of markdown we support: https://appflowy.gitbook.io/docs/essential-documentation/markdown We also support export as .md Please give it a try using the latest [release](https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/releases)

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[PR #529] [MERGED] refactor: add GridCellState and GridFocusNodeCellState #4177