A fully themeable markdown editor with live syntax highlighting for iOS and macOS.
Notepad is a Swift library that provides a fully themeable markdown editor with live syntax highlighting for iOS and macOS applications. It solves the problem of integrating rich, customizable text editing into native apps without building complex text rendering systems from scratch.
iOS and macOS developers who need to embed a markdown editor or syntax-highlighting text view in their applications, particularly those using Swift and Apple's native frameworks.
Developers choose Notepad for its simplicity, native integration with UITextView/NSTextView, and extensive theming capabilities that allow complete visual customization without sacrificing performance.
[iOS] A fully themeable markdown editor with live syntax highlighting.
Open-Awesome is built by the community, for the community. Submit a project, suggest an awesome list, or help improve the catalog on GitHub.
Supports JSON theme files for defining custom colors and styles, with examples like the Twitter handle regex in the README, allowing precise visual control.
Provides real-time syntax highlighting as users type, enhancing the editing experience without requiring manual refreshes or external previews.
Built on Apple's TextKit framework, ensuring robust performance and seamless compatibility with UITextView/NSTextView on iOS and macOS.
Can be used as a direct UITextView subclass or extended to existing text views, simplifying setup as shown in the convenience initializer examples.
Primarily designed for Markdown; supporting other languages requires complex custom regex patterns, which may be error-prone and less intuitive.
When not using the Notepad subclass, developers must manually configure TextKit components, as detailed in the README, increasing integration overhead.
Tightly coupled with UITextView/NSTextView, making it unsuitable for cross-platform projects and limiting adoption outside iOS/macOS apps.
Focuses on syntax highlighting and theming, lacking built-in features for advanced text editing like syntax validation or error highlighting.