MacDown Alternatives

MacDown is described as 'Open source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou' and is a Text Editor in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MacDown for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best MacDown alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Clearly Markdown. Other great apps like MacDown are Marknote, Ferrite, marka.md and Hemingway Editor.

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  1. Dillinger icon
     11 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Marked icon
     20 likes

    Native macOS tool for previewing Markdown and markup files, supporting local and iCloud documents, real-time updates, writing statistics, grammar and spelling checks, sentence complexity analysis, grade level, readability, export options, and easy workflow integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Setapp
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. Haroopad icon
     68 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
     
  4. SXMac icon
     1 like

    SXMac is a light, notes like app that can be used as a rich text editor, markdown editor and preview, code editor with more than 100 supported languages. If you need specific files or anything else in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. MarkdownPad icon
     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.

    106 MarkdownPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. 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
     
  7. MarkEdit icon
     4 likes

    Free open-source Markdown editor for macOS with syntax highlighting, privacy-focused operation, lightweight 4 MB installer, native look and feel, AppleScript and Shortcuts support, QuickLook preview, theme customization, script extensibility, and rapid large file handling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. PeekMark icon
     1 like

    A native, local-first Markdown viewer and workspace for macOS with Finder Quick Look, Mermaid and Math rendering, plus optional workspaces, full-text search, backlinks, knowledge graph and export.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Byword icon
     53 likes

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

    162 Byword alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. MDoc icon
     2 likes

    MDoc is a free and open-source Markdown document editor, live previewer and PDF exporter for technical documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. A beautiful markdown note-taking app for GNOME (forked from Paper).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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