ReText Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to ReText for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Marknote. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ReText and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to ReText are MarkText, Clearly Markdown, Ferrite and marka.md.

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  1. Typora icon
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    A minimalist Markdown editor offering cross-platform synchronization, live preview, and seamless export/import in various formats like PDF, DOCX, and LaTeX. Features include distraction-free Focus and Typewriter modes, file management with tree and articles panels, and content organization through an outline panel.

    184 Typora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  2. ghostwriter icon
     114 likes

    ghostwriter is a feature-rich text editor using Markdown syntax which makes it suitable for note-taking, document redaction, simple HTML website creation and much more.

    144 ghostwriter alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
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  3. Marknote icon
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    Marknote lets you create rich text notes and easily organise them into notebooks. You can personalise your notebooks by choosing an icon and accent color for each one, making it easy to distinguish between them and keep your notes at your fingertips.

    114 Marknote alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. MarkText icon
     122 likes

    Open-source Markdown editor on Mac, Windows, and Linux offering real-time preview, clean interface, and various themes. Supports math expressions, exports HTML/PDF, allows image pasting, and more.

    119 MarkText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Clean, native Markdown editor for macOS with syntax highlighting, real-time GitHub Flavored Markdown and Mermaid diagram preview, KaTeX math support, synchronized side-by-side editing, QuickLook integration, PDF export, format shortcuts, and no subscriptions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  6. Ferrite icon
     12 likes

    Fast, native text editor supporting Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML with live preview, syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, CSV/TSV viewing, collapsible trees, Git integration, regex find/replace, customizable themes, zen mode, and multi-language support.

    56 Ferrite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. marka.md icon
     10 likes

    A native macOS markdown editor specialized for AI context management. Live editor on the left (codemirror 6), rendered preview on the right (markdown-it + shiki + mermaid). Minimal Chrome, full catppuccin + matcha themes, macOS vibrancy, orange octopus mascot. ~10 MB bundle.

    52 marka.md alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. CotEditor icon
     46 likes

    Syntax Highlighting: Colorize more than 50 pre-installed major languages like HTML, PHP, Python, Ruby or Markdown. You can also create your own settings.

    164 CotEditor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  9. Haroopad icon
     68 likes

    Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

    109 Haroopad alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. MarkFlowy icon
     12 likes

    Modern markdown editor application, Build fast and efficient workflows.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. MWeb icon
     10 likes

    MWeb can handle professional-level markdown with support for markdown extensions. It provides publishing to various social networks and blogging formats, as well as various preview themes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. CrabPad icon
     1 like

    CrabPad is a fast, free Markdown editor built with Rust. Local-first, keyboard-driven, with Zen Mode, Command Palette, live preview, and support for KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, and GFM. Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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