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Installation ​

Supported desktop platforms

Markon is available as a desktop application and as a command-line tool.

Desktop app ​

macOS ​

bash
brew tap kookyleo/markon https://github.com/kookyleo/markon
brew install --cask markon

Upgrade later with brew upgrade --cask markon. Markon currently uses an ad-hoc signature, so macOS may still show a Gatekeeper warning. To skip quarantine during installation, use:

bash
brew install --cask --no-quarantine markon

Install manually ​

Download the .dmg for your Mac, mount it, and drag Markon into Applications. On first launch, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, find the message that Markon was blocked, and choose Open Anyway.

Allow Markon from macOS Privacy & Security settings

macOS Monterey and earlier

If Open Anyway is unavailable, Control-click Markon.app in Applications, choose Open, then confirm Open in the dialog.

Open Markon from the Finder context menu on older macOS versions

Windows ​

  • x64Markon_0.15.28_x64-setup.exe16.3 MB
  • ARM64Markon_0.15.28_arm64-setup.exe14.9 MB

Download the -setup.exe for your CPU and run it. If SmartScreen shows “Windows protected your PC,” select More info, then Run anyway.

Allow the Markon installer through Windows SmartScreen

Install with Scoop ​

powershell
scoop bucket add kookyleo https://github.com/kookyleo/markon
scoop install kookyleo/markon

If Scoop is not installed, see scoop.sh or run irm get.scoop.sh | iex in PowerShell.

Linux ​

Install the Debian package:

bash
sudo dpkg -i Markon_*.deb

Or run the AppImage:

bash
chmod +x Markon_*.AppImage
./Markon_*.AppImage

Updates ​

The desktop app periodically checks for updates. Under Global settings → Update channel, choose Stable for releases that have completed the validation period, or Candidate to include RC previews.

CLI ​

bash
cargo install markon markond

This installs two binaries into ~/.cargo/bin/:

  • markon, the CLI and local control client;
  • markond, the long-running background service.

Both should be on PATH. If markond is missing, the CLI falls back to foreground service mode and occupies the current terminal.

Build from source ​

bash
git clone https://github.com/kookyleo/markon.git
cd markon
cargo install --path crates/markond
cargo install --path crates/cli

GitHub Releases ​

The desktop app bundles the service. For servers and CLI-only environments, install markon and markond through Cargo, or use prebuilt CLI assets when a release provides them.

Verify ​

bash
markon --version
command -v markond

You normally do not invoke markond directly; the desktop app or CLI starts it with the appropriate temporary configuration.

Uninstall ​

  • macOS: move /Applications/Markon.app to Trash.
  • Windows: uninstall Markon from Installed apps.
  • Linux: run sudo dpkg -r markon for the Debian package, or delete the AppImage.
  • CLI: run cargo uninstall markon markond.

User data remains in ~/.markon/ on macOS and Linux or %USERPROFILE%\.markon\ on Windows. settings.json stores preferences and workspaces; annotation.sqlite stores annotations, Viewed state, and conversations. Remove these files manually only if you also want to erase your data.