{"id":508756,"date":"2026-06-20T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508756\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:02:11","slug":"bear-app-developers-announce-lettera-a-beautiful-markdown-editor-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508756\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear app developers announce Lettera, a beautiful Markdown editor for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lettera-beta.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available now in beta, Lettera is a standalone Markdown editor app built around the same editor that powers Bear 2. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Lettera now available in beta<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, 2021, the developers behind the Bear app shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2021\/06\/checking-in-on-panda-the-next-editor-for-bear\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">status update<\/a> on Panda, the codename for \u201cthe next Editor\u201d for Bear. In it, they detailed several new features coming to the app, including \u201ca full switch to Markdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years later, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2023\/07\/bear-2-is-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bear 2.0<\/a> arrived with more than 20 additions, including the ability to hide Markdown syntax while writing and support for Markdown extensions powering features such as tables, footnotes, and YAML.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, the developers <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2026\/06\/introducing-lettera-a-native-markdown-editor-for-mac-now-in-beta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> Lettera, in response to many users who \u201casked whether [the new editor built for Bear 2.0] could live on its own as a standalone app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s Shiny Frog on Lettera:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lettera is a native, refined Markdown editor for macOS. Built for writers, researchers, developers, and anyone who works with documents, from a quick blog draft to a complete technical documentation system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2026\/06\/introducing-lettera-a-native-markdown-editor-for-mac-now-in-beta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lettera<\/a> can open individual Markdown files for reading and editing or entire folders that serve as writing workspaces. By default, the app opens a dedicated Lettera folder in iCloud, but users can also open any folder stored on their Mac.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"706\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/lettera-editor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057637\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s more on what Lettera can do:<\/p>\n<p>Write in WYSIWYG Markdown\u00a0Lettera follows the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commonmark.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CommonMark<\/a>\u00a0standard with live rendering. Markdown syntax hides when you are not editing, so you can write and preview in one place. A BIU formatting bar is also available for quick styling<\/p>\n<p>Format with rich styles, tables, quotes, lists, code blocks, inline images and attachments, Math formula with Mathjax, and more<\/p>\n<p>Share and export\u00a0Copy your writing as plain text, rich text, Markdown, or HTML. Export to PDF, JPG, ePub, and more when it is time to send your work somewhere<\/p>\n<p>Manage files and folders\u00a0directly from the Sidebar without leaving the app. Open files in tabs to work across multiple documents in one place. Image files can be previewed right inside the editor<\/p>\n<p>Table of Contents\u00a0Navigate your document with a full outline, and jump to any section in one click<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2026\/06\/introducing-lettera-a-native-markdown-editor-for-mac-now-in-beta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lettera<\/a> is now available on TestFlight, allowing users to try it out and provide feedback to help shape its development, from squashing bugs to improving the app\u2019s look, feel, and functionality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users can provide feedback directly or join discussions in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/community.bear.app\/c\/lettera\/18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lettera section<\/a> of the Bear Community forum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about Lettera and join the TestFlight, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2026\/06\/introducing-lettera-a-native-markdown-editor-for-mac-now-in-beta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worth checking out on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757113987_717_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757113987_373_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43xbZva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781913731_916_MSI-9to5Mac_750x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Available now in beta, Lettera is a standalone Markdown editor app built around the same editor that powers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-508756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}