Free MacDown Alternatives for Linux

MacDown is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best free Linux alternative is ghostwriter, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to MacDown and 14 are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to MacDown are Marknote, Ferrite, Notepack and MarkFlowy.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
MacDown alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. ghostwriter icon
     113 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.

    142 ghostwriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
     
  2. Marknote icon
     25 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.

    108 Marknote alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  3. Ferrite icon
     8 likes

    Fast, native text editor supporting Markdown, JSON, YAML, and TOML with live preview, syntax highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, CSV/TSV viewing, collapsible trees, Git integration, regex find/replace, customizable themes, zen mode, and multi-language support.

    55 Ferrite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Notepack icon
     16 likes

    Privacy oriented, without vendor lock in note organizer, todo list desktop application. Work offline with text, markdown and pdf files.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. ReText icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Haroopad icon
     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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Norka icon
     4 likes

    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
     
  8. A beautiful markdown note-taking app for GNOME (forked from Paper).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. Writeopia icon
     3 likes

    Writeopia is a modern text editor that integrates AI while prioritizing offline functionality and user privacy. Unlike cloud-based AI assistants, Writeopia allows you to choose your own AI model and interact with it locally, ensuring that your data stays on your device.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
  10. Remarkable icon
     15 likes

    A fully featured markdown editor for Linux. Features include Live Preview, PDF/HTML export, MathJax support, Syntax highlighting, customizable, keyboard shortcuts, GFM, images, tables and much more.

    62 Remarkable alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. MarkRight icon
     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
12 of 14 MacDown alternatives