What is a WYSIWYG Markdown editor?
WYSIWYG stands for "what you see is what you get." A WYSIWYG Markdown editor shows headings, bold text, lists, and tables fully formatted while you type. No split screen, no preview button, no squinting at asterisks.
One honest caveat: Markdown describes structure, not exact layout. Another app may use different fonts, spacing, or support different extensions. A visual editor shows you your document clearly; it cannot make every Markdown app render it identically.
Beauty edits visually but saves real Markdown. You get a clean page while writing and a file that still reads well as plain text.
Type the syntax, or don't
If you know Markdown, just type it. Start a line with ## for a heading or - for a bullet, wrap a word in ** for bold, and the formatting appears instantly.
If you don't, use the toolbar and keyboard shortcuts. Select a phrase and press Command-B on Mac. There are no modes to switch between; both paths produce the same file.
The toolbar also has Highlight, Increase indent, and Decrease indent. On touch screens, swipe sideways on a list item to indent it.
Try it in thirty seconds:
- Type a heading.
- Write a sentence and bold the important part.
- Add a short list.
- Export the note as Markdown and open the file.
The text should read perfectly well with no formatting at all. That is the point.
Tables without the pipe-counting
Tables are where visual editing pays off most. Pipes and dashes are fine for a tiny grid, but editing a big table in raw Markdown is tedious. In Beauty you add and remove rows and columns, change alignment, and drag columns around with real controls.
The Markdown tables guide covers both the syntax and the visual controls. Code blocks, math formulas, and Mermaid diagrams work the same way: readable text in the file, a polished result on the page.
Images open in a full-screen viewer with zoom. While they load, their space is reserved so the text around them does not jump.
What carries over to other editors
Headings, paragraphs, bold, italics, links, and lists work almost everywhere. Tables and task lists are widely supported extensions, but not universal. Math and Mermaid need an app that understands them.
Beauty also supports highlight and underline. If you move a note to another tool, check how it handles those. The source text is always there, even if a feature does not render.
Need the layout locked for a reader? Export a PDF. Handing it to someone who will keep editing? Send the Markdown and its images.
Try it now
Open the online editor with no account. Type a few lines, build a table, export it. Beauty is also on iPhone and iPad, and on Mac where every note is a file in a folder you control.