Rust + egui · no browser engine
Markdown editing at native speed.
speedmark is a Markdown editor written in Rust with egui. No Electron, no Tauri, no WebView — so it is small on disk, light in memory, and opens instantly.
Performance, measured
The same job, without a browser engine inside the process.
Install size
6MB
27× smaller than Electron
Memory (idle)
45MB
7× less memory than Electron
Cold start
0.18s
13× faster to launch
From the blog
speedmark vs Electron: 6 MB, 45 MB, 0.18 s
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