Changelog

All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Windows installer (markitdown-desktop-setup.exe), built with Inno Setup and attached to each GitHub Release alongside the existing portable .exe and zipped build. Installs per-user (no admin rights required), adds a Start Menu shortcut, an optional desktop shortcut, and a proper uninstaller.

Rebuilt the desktop UI around the drop-and-done path: full-window empty canvas, activity-list queue, preview that appears only after items exist, save-to-Downloads banner, and retry moved to context / Edit menus.
Replaced the generic blue QSS with the Inkbench token system (cool uncoated-stock paper, pine accent, Fusion palette) and aligned the landing page with the same palette.

Release workflow: Windows builds now also produce a standalone single-file markitdown-desktop.exe, attached to the GitHub Release alongside the existing zipped binaries — no extraction needed to run it.

CI workflow: lint (ruff) + syntax check + headless smoke test on every push/PR, run on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Dependabot: weekly dependency update PRs for pip and GitHub Actions.
Release workflow: pushing a vX.Y.Z tag now builds a standalone binary for Windows, macOS, and Linux with PyInstaller and attaches each as a release asset automatically — no Python installation required to run the app anymore.

Landing page (GitHub Pages) with feature overview, screenshot, supported formats, and per-OS install instructions.
"Star on GitHub" button with a live star count on the landing page.
CONTRIBUTING.md, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (Contributor Covenant 2.1), and GitHub issue/pull request templates.
SECURITY.md with a private vulnerability-reporting process.
Release, platform, and license badges in the README, plus a security callout and a Contributing section linking to the new files.
CHANGELOG.md following Keep a Changelog.
Branch protection on main: external contributors must go through a reviewed pull request.

Drag-and-drop, click-to-browse, and paste-a-URL (webpage or YouTube) input — conversion starts automatically, no separate "Convert" step.
Auto-save of converted .md files straight to the Downloads folder, with collision-safe numeric-suffix naming.
Rendered and raw Markdown preview tabs, with optional "save a copy elsewhere" / "export all" actions.
Advanced settings dialog: plugins, keep_data_uris, Azure Document Intelligence, Azure Content Understanding, and per-item format hints.
Light/dark theme support following the system, with a hover-animated drop zone.
English/Spanish (neutral) UI, switchable live from the menu bar.
Cross-platform support: Windows (run.bat), macOS/Linux (run.sh); "open containing folder" dispatches to explorer/open -R/xdg-open per OS.