MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.



CrabPad is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to CrabPad for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Web-based apps. The best CrabPad alternative is Joplin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CrabPad are Zettlr, Typora, SiYuan and Beaver Notes.
MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.



Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.





Octarine is a fast, lightweight tool for writing, planning, and organizing — in Markdown that stays yours.




Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor.

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.




MarkdownPad 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.




Prime Draft helps writers maintain focus by using a distraction-free fullscreen interface, automatic goal tracking, customizable writing environment, and limited text view, preventing edits once a sentence is finished. Supports backup creation and secured progress tracking.



Inspire is a clone of Ulysses for Windows, with many of the core features but not all.



Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.



