Markdown YOYU

Markdown YOYU is a Markdown note app that handles math, too. Write lecture and seminar notes, notes on papers, and drafts as easily as in the built-in Notes app. Your notes are always plain Markdown text. The name “YOYU” comes from the Japanese word yoyū, “room to spare.” FOR RESEARCH • Lecture and seminar notes: LaTeX written with $…$ or $$ is typeset as math in the M↓ view • Notes on papers: results become ruled tables, and things to check become checklists you can tap • Drafts with a length limit: count the text without Markdown symbols and spaces, and set a goal to see how far you are • Plain .md files: exported notes show the same math on GitHub and work with tools like Pandoc. The math is plain LaTeX, so you can paste it into a LaTeX manuscript • Claude on Mac: with the bundled MCP server, Claude Desktop and Claude Code can summarize and organize your notes (only when you allow it…