Alternatives to Epistle for all platforms with any license

StackEdit

StackEdit is a free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.

Free Open Source Web Chrome OS
Dropbox integration Google Drive integration Works Offline Tumblr integration ... WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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ReText

ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview. It is written in Python using Qt...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
No features added Add a feature

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Byword

Byword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Features - Designed to make writing more enjoyable using Markdown -...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Distraction free writing Dropbox integration Works Offline Add a feature

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MarkdownPad

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...

Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

62 Like
- Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 2.5, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Drafts

Drafts, where text starts on iOS. Quickly capture text and send it almost anywhere! The most flexible note taking app on iOS is ready for iOS 7! Drafts is the quick...

Commercial $ $ $ iPhone iPad
Dropbox integration Evernote integration Share notes Add a feature

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Marked

Marked takes Markdown text–a simple syntax you can learn in minutes–and turns it into beautiful documents for you. It will update a preview as you work (with several...

Commercial Mac
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MarkPad

MarkPad is a Text editor for writing in MarkDown-Syntax. It will display the parsed and styled result to the right side of the plain text on the left.

Free Open Source Windows
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UberWriter

Uberwriter is a GTK+ based distraction free Markdown editor, mainly developed by Wolf Vollprecht. It uses pandoc as backend for markdown parsing and offers a very clean...

Free Open Source Linux
Distraction-free UI Syntax Highlighting Add a feature

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Texts

TEXTS is rich editor for plain text. - Write structured documents. - Separate Content from Formatting. - Store in Markdown. - Publish to many formats.

Free Mac Windows
Portable Export to PDF Support for Themes WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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MultiMarkdown Composer

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...

Commercial Mac
WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

8 Like
MdCharm

MdCharm is a wiki editor written in Qt which supports markdown. It has features like live preview, pdf/html/odt exporting, opening directory as project, custom css...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
Tabbed interface Add a feature

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- Discontinued Project is on hold. Still has Qt4 and 5 supports which is technically cutting edge, and is a feature complete MD editor.
FiiNote

FiiNote is the most convenient note app for android. The app is compatible with Android 2.0 ~ Android 4.3(and later). It is designed for both Phone and Pad. ...

Freemium Windows Web Android Android Tablet
Handwritten Notes Smart auto-align Add a feature

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DownMarker

DownMarker is a viewer and editor for markdown files. It can be used to create a wiki on your desktop, in your dropbox, alongside your code in version control...

Free Open Source Windows
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2 Like
Macchiato

Macchiato is a simple plain text editor with a twist. Modeled after TextEdit's plain text mode, the editor is a chrome-less blank canvas. However, it is built from...

Commercial Mac
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Erato

Erato is a beautiful and simple Markdown editor for your Mac. It is fast, extremely easy to use and gets out of your way. It offers full support for both regular...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
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1 Like