ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Caret Markdown Editor Alternatives
Caret Markdown Editor has been discontinued. Similar apps include Zettlr, which is free and open source. Other options are Typora, ghostwriter, MarkText and Ferrite. There's no shortage of Text Editors like Caret Markdown Editor, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and iPhone.
Alternatives list
- 89 ReText alternatives
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
Poland
EU
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Markdown editor that gets out of your way. Split-pane editing with live preview, 4 themes (Editorial, Midnight, Mono, Sepia), focus mode, tabbed editing, auto-save, version history, image paste support, and 10 built-in templates.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+1
75 Markdown Shell Extensions and Editor alternativesA Markdown Text Editor to manually edit a markdown file, with instant preview of the output in a HTML Viewer.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Windows
Italy- EU
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96 Dillinger alternativesDillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Online
United States
79 Marked alternativesNative macOS tool for previewing Markdown and markup files, supporting local and iCloud documents, real-time updates, writing statistics, grammar and spelling checks, sentence complexity analysis, grade level, readability, export options, and easy workflow integration.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Setapp
- Mozilla Firefox
- United States
+3
113 Haroopad alternativesHaroopad 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.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
South Korea
+4
Imagine a hassle-free text-writing experience. Don't worry about saving files, complex markup, or accidentally deleted notes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Flatpak
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
- elementary OS
Estonia- EU
Deft is a desktop editor for Markdown notes and LaTeX documents. It comes bundled with a LaTeX engine, so you can write articles as easily as notes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Türkiye
+4
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+1
111 MarkdownPad alternativesMarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows. Features: LivePreview : Instantly see how your documents look in HTML as you create them. Easy formatting with keyboard shortcuts. Markdown formatting can be applied (and removed) with handy keyboard shortcuts and toolb.
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
+5
Markdown Writer is a free online Markdown editor for writing and previewing documents in the browser. It supports live preview, GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM), KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, and PDF export.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- UNIX Web Browser
