Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac


Clearly Markdown is described as 'Clean, native Markdown editor for Mac with syntax highlighting, instant preview, Mermaid diagrams, KaTeX, PDF export, side-by-side editing, and open source' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Clearly Markdown for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Clearly Markdown alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Clearly Markdown are Standard Notes, Typora, ghostwriter and NeverWrite.




Marxico is a neat Markdown editor that features :
code highlight, tables, images, attachments, LaTeX etc.
live preview, offline desktop client and Chrome App.
Evernote integration with notebooks & tags, two-way bind editing etc.

MultiMarkdown Composer is a text editor for Mac that is designed from the ground up around the MultiMarkdown Syntax. It is designed to make writing in MultiMarkdown even easier than it already is, with automatic syntax highlighting, built in previews, easy export to any format...




MarkRight is a simple but very efficient Markdown editor built using Electron and ClojureScript. It uses a dual pane interface that lets you focus on the task of writing, while providing a live preview so you can instantly see the results.




Advanced text editor tailored for creating structured documents. Leverages Markdown to differentiate content and formatting, ensuring streamlined editing and publishing to a multitude of formats.




TextNut will convert your edits into markdown on-the-fly. If you are familiar with Markdown, it is add-on, with a powerful markdown editing mode.




PileMd has a really beautiful Markdown Editor, looks like Preview. It's like a RichText Editor but it's actually Markdown, and it works like a word processor, complete with Undo/Redo histories, list completion and clickable urls.




AS Notes brings markdown and [[wikilink]] editing for notes, documentation, blogs and wikis directly into VS Code and compatible editors (e.g. Antigravity, Cursor, Windsurf).

Write styled Markdown notes, sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad add to-dos and tags, export to a variety of formats and choose your favourite style from a variety of colourful themes.




