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MiaoYan is an open-source writing project by tw93 (tw93/MiaoYan on GitHub). It has 8,663 GitHub stars and 515 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 28 September 2026.
Novel, notes, docs site, or blog — each tool majors in one.
Distraction-free editors with themes that suit long sessions.
Chapters, tags, wikis, or versioned docs as the project grows.
Export to ebook, print, or deploy a docs site.
Plain-text Markdown keeps your content portable forever.
Review and comment workflows for teams.
Own your publishing platform and your audience.
Never lose a draft; diff every change.
Ebook, PDF, and static-site output built in.
Grammar, style, and drafting help on demand.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/tw93/MiaoYan.git
cd MiaoYanEvery project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.
cat README.md | head -60Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.
# see README for the exact launch commandIt is an open-source project at tw93/MiaoYan with 515 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.
MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.
Local-first tools keep every word on your machine.
For drafting and organizing, yes — with the bonus of owning your files.
Ebook and print pipelines are production-ready.
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🍼 Plugin driven WYSIWYG markdown editor framework.
Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.