Turn your VS Code into a feature-rich markdown editor, so native.

Slash commands

24 block commands — headings, todos, tables, code fences, GFM alerts and more. Filter by label or alias: /tab and /table both hit Table.

Smart lists

Enter continues todos, bullets and numbered lists — auto-incrementing as it goes. Double Enter exits the list, just like a WYSIWYG editor.

Custom snippets

Define your own commands with full VS Code snippet syntax — tab stops, placeholders, the works — merged straight into the menu.

Plain markdown

Your notes stay ordinary .md files under git. No proprietary format, no database, no sync service holding them hostage.

Truly native

No webviews, no custom editors, no re-rendered pane. It's the real VS Code text editor with superpowers — themes, keybindings and vim mode all intact.

Context aware

The menu knows when to stay quiet — never inside code fences, inline code, or mid-URL. And no telemetry. Ever.

RTL in VS Code's Markdown editors

VS Code's new WYSIWYG Markdown Editor has no RTL support yet — Arabic, Hebrew and Persian paragraphs are laid out left-to-right. Noote keeps you in the native text editor, which renders RTL runs in the correct reading order, and the Markdown preview shows correct bidi order.

Tracked in bysajaad/noote#1 · upstream microsoft/vscode#337009

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