I've been building a rich text editor library for Compose Multiplatform called **Hyphen**. It's now at an early alpha stage and I wanted to share it.

The core idea is simple, you type Markdown syntax and the formatting appears live without any mode switching. Under the hood it's built entirely on `BasicTextField` with no native platform code.

**Highlights:**

**WYSIWYG input** \- `**text**` becomes bold as you type, `-` starts a bullet list, `>` starts a blockquote and so on

**Markdown clipboard** \- copying a selection serializes it to Markdown automatically, so formatting is preserved when pasting into any Markdown-aware app

**Keyboard shortcuts** \- full shortcut support on Desktop and Web (`Cmd/Ctrl+B`, `I`, `U`, undo/redo, clear styles, etc.)

**Undo/redo history** \- granular snapshots at word boundaries, pastes, and Markdown conversions. Redo stack survives toolbar toggles and programmatic edits

**Single shared implementation** \- one API targeting Android, Desktop (JVM), Web (WasmJS) and JS/IR

There's also a **live web demo** if you want to try it without cloning anything.

→ [GitHub](https://github.com/DenserMeerkat/hyphen) | [Web Demo](https://densermeerkat.github.io/hyphen)

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Still in early alpha — expect rough edges. Issues and feedback welcome on GitHub.

Hyphen - WYSIWYG Markdown editor for Compose Multiplatform