Choose a Markdown file
Use an existing .md file or save a starter file from Surfdeck.
Surfdeck turns a plain .md file into a fast local menu for links and copyable snippets. No account, no cloud database, no proprietary bookmark file.
From Markdown to menu bar
Add links and snippets
Keep your useful links, text snippets, files, and actions in plain text.
Open from the menu bar
Click links to open them. Click snippets to copy them.
Surfdeck does not use an account, cloud database, or proprietary bookmark file. Your file stays yours.
What Surfdeck supports
- Web links
- Bare URLs
- Text snippets you can copy
- Headings as sections
- Email addresses and
mailto:links - Supported
file://links - Explicit URL schemes supported by macOS apps
Surfdeck supports a practical subset of Markdown, focused on making useful menu items.
Install
- Download the beta zip.
- Unzip it.
- Move
Surfdeck.appto your Applications folder. - Open Surfdeck.
- Choose or create a Markdown file.
Surfdeck is distributed outside the Mac App Store for this beta. macOS may confirm that you want to open an app downloaded from the internet.
Feedback
This is an early beta. Feedback is especially useful if you can say:
- Whether the Markdown workflow makes sense
- What you put in your Markdown file
- What felt confusing
- Whether you would keep Surfdeck in your menu bar
- What felt missing
Send feedback to: support@moonstage.cc