Markdown, distilled.

A fast, lightweight reader for Windows

~200ms Startup time
~270KB Binary size
10 Themes
Scroll

Brutally fast

No Electron. No Chromium. Just native Windows rendering at hardware speed.

Startup Time

Tinta

~200ms

Typora

~1.5s

VS Code

~2s

Obsidian

~3s

Install Size

Tinta

270 KB

Typora

~90 MB

Obsidian

~250 MB

VS Code

~350 MB

Under the hood

Built with care, without compromise.

Direct2D

d2d1.dll

Hardware-accelerated 2D graphics. GPU-powered rendering for buttery smooth scrolling and instant redraws.

DirectWrite

dwrite.dll

ClearType subpixel rendering. The same text engine that makes Windows typography beautiful.

MD4C

CommonMark + GFM

One of the fastest markdown parsers in existence. Tables, strikethrough, and autolinks included.

Zero dependencies

~270KB

No runtime installation. No frameworks. Just a single executable that works.

Features

Everything you need, nothing you don't.

10 themes

5 light, 5 dark. From warm Paper to OLED-friendly Abyss. Press T to choose.

Text selection

Click and drag to select. Ctrl+C to copy. It just works.

Zoom

Ctrl+scroll to zoom in and out. Your preference is remembered.

Drag & drop

Drop any .md file onto the window. No file dialogs needed.

Persistent settings

Theme, zoom, window position. Everything saved to %APPDATA%.

Keyboard-driven

Vim-style j/k scrolling. Q or ESC to quit.

Paper
Sakura
Arctic
Meadow
Dusk
Midnight
Dracula
Forest
Ember
Abyss

Usage

# Open a markdown file tinta.exe README.md # Force light theme tinta.exe -l document.md # Show stats overlay on startup tinta.exe -s notes.md

Or just drag and drop a file onto the window. Or associate .md files with Tinta in Windows.

Download

Free and open source. MIT licensed.

Download from GitHub