Justmd AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Justmd

Justmd is described as 'A lightweight markdown viewer and editor. Multi-platform' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Justmd for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Justmd alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Mark Text. Other great apps like Justmd are Marknote, MarkFlowy, ReText and Markdown Shell Extensions and Editor.

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Justmd alternatives page was last updated Oct 25, 2025

Typora
325 likes
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.
176 Typora alternatives
Cost / License
Pay once
Proprietary
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Text Editor
Origin
China
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Electron
+4
Is Typora a good alternative to Justmd?
Typora is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Justmd.
Typora is the most popular commercial alternative to Justmd.
Typora is Paid and ProprietaryJustmd is Free and Open Source
Typora is Lightweight, Minimalistic and CustomizableJustmd is not according to our users
ghostwriter
109 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.
136 ghostwriter alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Text Editor
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
Flathub
Haiku
+1
Is ghostwriter a good alternative to Justmd?
ghostwriter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Justmd.
ghostwriter is Free and Open SourceJustmd is also Free and Open Source
ghostwriter is Lightweight and Privacy focusedJustmd is not according to our users
Mark Text
120 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.
103 Mark Text alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Text Editor
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+4
Is Mark Text a good alternative to Justmd?
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Typora
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 manag...

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Marknote
21 likes
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.
99 Marknote alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Note-taking Tool
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Flathub
+1
Is Marknote a good alternative to Justmd?
MarkFlowy
12 likes
Modern markdown editor application, Build fast and efficient workflows.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Note-taking Tool
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is MarkFlowy a good alternative to Justmd?
ReText
49 likes
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
Text Editor
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is ReText a good alternative to Justmd?
Markdown Shell Extensions and Editor
1 like
A 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)
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Windows
+1
Is this a good alternative to Justmd?
Haroopad
69 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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
South Korea
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+4
Is Haroopad a good alternative to Justmd?
MarkdownPad
63 likes
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.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
United States
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
+5
Is MarkdownPad a good alternative to Justmd?
Graviton Editor
17 likes
Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application types
Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
Spain
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is Graviton Editor a good alternative to Justmd?
Notepad App
2 likes
A markdown-based notes app for macOS, with simplicity and moderation.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Text Editor
Platforms
Mac
Is Notepad App a good alternative to Justmd?
Caret Markdown Editor
17 likes
Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.
Cost / License
Pay once
Proprietary
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
Slovenia
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+1
Is this a good alternative to Justmd?