# Install markdown-oxide with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Personal Knowledge Management System for the LSP. Version 0.25.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:markdown-oxide
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install markdown-oxide
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add markdown-oxide
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: markdown-oxide from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#markdown-oxide
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/markdown-oxide/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S markdown-oxide
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: markdown-oxide from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install markdown-oxide
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: markdown-oxide from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/markdown-oxide
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/markdown-oxide.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id FelixZeller.markdown-oxide -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: FelixZeller.markdown-oxide from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:markdown-oxide
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/markdown-oxide>
- **Version:** 0.25.12
- **Source summary:** Personal Knowledge Management System for the LSP
- **Homepage:** <https://oxide.md>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide/archive/refs/tags/v0.25.12.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T07:56:21Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- markdown-oxide (cli)
- markdown-oxide (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.25.12
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide
- Upstream latest detected: v0.25.12 (current)
## Project history and usage

markdown-oxide is a Personal Knowledge Management language server for Markdown notes, designed to bring Obsidian-like note-linking workflows into editors that speak the Language Server Protocol.

### Project history

The project was created on GitHub in 2023. Its documentation describes markdown-oxide as an unbundled PKM system: it deliberately leaves text editing to editors such as Neovim, VS Code, Helix, and Zed, and focuses on knowledge-management behavior through LSP features.

The feature set grew around Markdown note graphs: wikilink and Markdown-link completions, backlinks, unresolved-link completions and code actions, hover previews, daily-note commands, tags, workspace symbols, callout completions, footnotes, and rename support for linked notes.

### Adoption history

markdown-oxide adopted quickly for a young editor tool, with the official GitHub repository showing thousands of stars by 2026. The README documents installation through Arch Linux, Mason.nvim, Nix, Alpine, openSUSE, Conda, Cargo, winget, and Homebrew, matching the supplied package facts that show broad package-manager coverage.

### How it is used

Users install the markdown-oxide binary and configure their editor's LSP client to start it for Markdown files. In Neovim 0.11 and newer, the docs recommend native LSP configuration with root markers such as .git, .obsidian, and .moxide.toml.

Configuration is optional and can live in a global settings.toml under ~/.config/moxide or in a project .moxide.toml. The documented options tune daily-note formats, heading completions, unresolved-link diagnostics, semantic tokens, code-block reference handling, Obsidian imports, link-extension behavior, hover, inlay hints, and excluded folders.

### Why package nerds care

markdown-oxide is notable because it packages a note-taking workflow as an editor-neutral LSP server instead of a full app. That makes it attractive to package managers and editor plugin ecosystems: one binary can serve Neovim, VS Code, Helix, Zed, and other LSP clients.

### Timeline

- 2023: GitHub repository created.
- 2026: Official README lists package-manager installs across Linux, macOS, Windows, and editor package flows.
- 2026: Repository metadata shows thousands of stars and active development.

### Related projects

- The docs explicitly position markdown-oxide as compatible with and inspired by Obsidian.
- It belongs to the wider LSP ecosystem used by editors such as Neovim, VS Code, Helix, Zed, and Kakoune.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide>
- <https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide>
- <https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide/tree/main/docs/Markdown%20Oxide%20Docs>
- <https://oxide.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/moxide/settings.toml, .moxide.toml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** markdown-oxide
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - markdown-oxide: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/markdown-oxide/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - markdown-oxide - 0.25.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: markdown-oxide from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | PKM (Personal-Knowledge-Management System) for your favorite text-editor through the Language-Server-Protocol | https://oxide.md
- pacman - markdown-oxide - 0.25.10-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: markdown-oxide from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | PKM oriented Markdown Language Server with Obsidian syntax support | https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide
- zypper - markdown-oxide - 0.25.1-2.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: markdown-oxide from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A markdown language server with Obsidian syntax support | https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide
- Scoop - main/markdown-oxide: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/markdown-oxide.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - FelixZeller.markdown-oxide: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: FelixZeller.markdown-oxide from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [marksman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/marksman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp, markdown.
- [crystalline](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crystalline/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor-tooling, language-server, lsp.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/markdown-oxide.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/markdown-oxide.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
