Works with MDZip
Find what you use, and see how to open, edit or make .mdz files with it. For details and downloads, see Tools.
Your computer
| You use | With MDZip | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | MDZip Studio creates and edits .mdz files. Install it for all users to get the File Explorer preview too. |
✅ Available |
| Linux | MDZip Studio, as a .deb or AppImage. |
✅ Available |
| macOS | MDZip Studio creates and edits .mdz files, for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Also on Homebrew. |
✅ Available |
| Web browsers | The web editor opens and edits .mdz files, and the packager makes one from a folder. Nothing to install. |
✅ Available |
| Command line | mdz creates, inspects, validates and extracts .mdz files on Windows, macOS and Linux. |
✅ Available |
| ZIP tools | An .mdz file is a ZIP archive, so the tools you already have can open it. |
✅ Available |
Your editor or notes app
| You use | With MDZip | Status |
|---|---|---|
| VS Code | MDZip Editor for VS Code, from the Marketplace. | ✅ Available |
| VSCodium, Cursor and other editors built on VS Code | The same extension, from Open VSX. The editor needs to be based on VS Code 1.95 or later. | ✅ Available |
| AI agents | The VS Code extension includes an MCP server, so agents such as Claude Code, Codex and VS Code's own chat can read and change .mdz files. See AI. |
✅ Available |
| Obsidian | MDZip for Obsidian opens and edits .mdz files in your vault. |
✅ Available |
Your other files
| You use | With MDZip | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Google Voice | The Google Voice exporter saves a conversation, with its pictures, as an .mdz file. |
✅ Available |
| Word, PowerPoint and HTML files | A plugin for Microsoft's MarkItDown converts them to .mdz, keeping the images. |
In progress |
| Pandoc | A reader and writer for Pandoc, to convert .mdz to and from Word, EPUB, HTML and more. |
In progress |
Your code
| You use | With MDZip | Status |
|---|---|---|
| JavaScript and TypeScript | @mdzip/core-js reads, writes and validates .mdz files in Node.js or the browser. |
✅ Available |
| .NET | MDZip.Core does the same for .NET 8 and .NET 10. |
✅ Available |
| Rust | mdzip-core does the same for Rust 1.85 and later. |
✅ Available |
| React, Vue and Angular | @mdzip/editor puts an .mdz editor in your web app, with wrappers for each. |
✅ Available |
| Python | mdzip-core does the same for Python 3.10 and later, with only the standard library. |
✅ Available |
| Lua | mdzip-core-lua does the same for Lua 5.3 and 5.4, in pure Lua with no dependencies. |
✅ Available |
| Swift | mdzip-core-swift does the same for iOS 15 and later, macOS 12 and later and Linux, with Swift Package Manager. |
✅ Available |
| Kotlin and Java | org.mdzip:mdzip-core does the same for Android 5.0 and later and Java 8 and later, from Kotlin or Java. |
✅ Available |
Don't see yours?
Ask for it in GitHub Discussions, or build it: the format is open and the libraries are free to use.
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