oipoistar/tinta v2.5.1

Tinta v2.5.1

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Tinta v2.5.1 — the notes release

Markdown, distilled. A fast, lightweight Markdown and Mermaid viewer for Windows — also on the Microsoft Store.

Truth in versioning: this is honestly a 2.6's worth of features. But they landed right on the heels of the v2.5.0 performance release and needed proper real-world testing before shipping — so they graduate together as a point release.

Tinta still opens in ~130 ms. It just does a lot more once it's open:

New

• Right-click context menu — Copy, Select All, Edit, Search, Table of Contents, Browse Files, Reveal in Explorer, Theme, and Help. Drawn in your theme, and every entry shows its keyboard shortcut, so the menu doubles as documentation for the single-key commands
• Follow Windows theme — an opt-in toggle in the theme chooser (T): pick a favorite light theme and a favorite dark theme, and Tinta switches with the OS
• Zen mode — F11 for borderless fullscreen with a centered ~80-character reading column; Esc puts the window back exactly where it was
• Clickable task lists — - [ ] / - [x] render as real checkboxes, and clicking one updates the file on disk. Your todo.md just became interactive
• Obsidian wiki links — [[Note]] and [[Note|alias]] navigate to sibling notes, resolved case-insensitively against the folder
• Frontmatter properties — YAML frontmatter no longer renders as a giant heading (#61, thanks @mrkingmidas); instead its title and tags appear as a subtle chip strip above the document
• Folder-wide search — while searching, sibling markdown files are scanned in the background and their matches appear in a side panel with highlighted snippets. Click one to open that file right at the match. A folder button on the search bar turns the feature off if you prefer
• Themed window chrome — the title bar and border follow your theme instead of the stock white caption (Windows 11; dark-caption fallback on Windows 10)

Fixed

• YAML frontmatter rendering as a huge setext heading (#61)
• Select All when text was already selected (menu and Ctrl+A)
• Text selections ending on a code block being silently lost
• A few first-week context menu interactions (menu over the search bar, hover over code blocks)

Installation

1. Download tinta.exe below and run it — no installation required (you may need to click "More info" → "Run anyway" on SmartScreen)
2. Or: Microsoft Store · winget install tinta · scoop install tinta (bucket)
3. Optionally run tinta.exe /register to register Markdown and Mermaid files

What's included

• 10 beautiful themes (5 light, 5 dark) — now with auto light/dark
• Hardware-accelerated rendering via Direct2D, ~130 ms startup
• Native Mermaid flowchart rendering
• Single portable executable under 1 MB, no dependencies