ConkerLab

Small Mac apps, polished until they shine.

ConkerLab is a British studio making calm, careful software for the Mac. One purchase, no account, no tracking: tools that do their job and keep out of your way.

Meet mkv How we work

On the shelf

What the lab has made so far.

mkv

A calm Mac reader for the Markdown your coding agents write. Point it at a folder: every plan, spec and report stays current, your place is kept, and what changed lights up.

A Mac app. Free to try for 14 days, then £19.99 once.

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How we make things

  • Made for the Mac

    Native apps that behave like the Mac you already know: real menus, keyboard shortcuts, Dark Mode, and your own fonts and voices.

  • Quiet by default

    No account to create, nothing sent anywhere, nothing running behind your back. An app should keep to its job.

  • Paid once

    A free trial, then a fair price you pay once. No subscription, no upsell.

  • Looked after

    Updates arrive through the Mac App Store, and a person reads the support email.

Why ConkerLab?

Every autumn a horse chestnut hands out its conkers for free: a hard little seed in a spiky case, with nothing to match its shine once it has been handled for a while.

That is how we like to make things. Slowly, with a good grip, until they shine. The lab part is honest too: we try things, keep what works, and say so plainly.

Start with mkv.

The Markdown reader for people who work with coding agents. Free for 14 days with everything included.

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