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 an app 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 iPad 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 Marknote. Other great apps like MacDown are MarkFlowy, Hemingway Editor, Fleschkey and Norka.

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

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MacDown alternatives page was last updated Jan 20, 2024
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  1. Remarkable icon
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    Remarkable

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    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.

    63 Remarkable alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Remarkable Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Distraction-free
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    Discontinued

    Possibly discontinued. No updates for more than two years. Installation fails on latest Ubuntu. https://github.com/jamiemcg/Remarkable/issues/400

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  2. LightPaper icon
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    LightPaper

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    LightPaper lets you write your documents/articles/blogs using powerful features such as markdown, folder navigator, real and live preview, shadow notes, multi-tabs, custom styles, distraction free mode, syntax highlighting, math rendering, full GFM support including GitHub...

    63 LightPaper alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac

    LightPaper Features

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  Support for MarkDown
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  4. Marcdown icon
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    Marcdown

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    Lightweight real time markdown viewer and editor.

    47 Marcdown alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Marcdown Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
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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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  6. MWeb icon
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    MWeb

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    MWeb can handle professional-level markdown with support for markdown extensions. It provides publishing to various social networks and blogging formats, as well as various preview themes.

    61 MWeb alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac

    MWeb Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
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  7. MarkRight icon
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    MarkRight

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    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.

    83 MarkRight alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    MarkRight Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  Dual Pane Support
    Discontinued

    The development of the project is currently frozen. Last version, 0.1.11, released in June 2016, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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  8. Marxico icon
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    Marxico

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    Marxico is a neat Markdown editor that features :

    code highlight, tables, images, attachments, LaTeX etc.

    live preview, offline desktop client and Chrome App.

    Evernote integration with notebooks & tags, two-way bind editing etc.

    62 Marxico alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Evernote

    Marxico Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Evernote integration
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  10. Yu Writer Pro icon
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    Yu Writer Pro

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    Efficient cross-platform Markdown text editor.

    86 Yu Writer Pro alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Support for MarkDown
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  Code Formatting
    6.  LaTeX Math
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  11. Theorylog icon
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    Theorylog

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    Write markdown documents with quickly accessible code snippets, mathematical equations and images and store them in the cloud to be accessed anywhere.

    90 Theorylog alternatives
    Editing

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Theorylog Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Snippets Manager
    Home page
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  12. MultiMarkdown Composer icon
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    MultiMarkdown Composer

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    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 easier than it already is, with automatic syntax highlighting, built in previews, easy export to any format...

    65 MultiMarkdown Composer alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac

    MultiMarkdown Composer Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Support for MarkDown
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  13. Texts icon
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    Texts

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    Rich editor for plain text (markdown).

    68 Texts alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Portable
    3.  Bibliography generator
    4.  Export to PDF
    Discontinued

    Last version was in March 2018.

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  14. SpringNotes icon
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    SpringNotes

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    Write styled Markdown notes, sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad add to-dos and tags, export to a variety of formats and choose your favourite style from a variety of colourful themes.

    182 SpringNotes alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    SpringNotes Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Note organization
    3.  Notebook
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  15. Typewriter for Markdown icon
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    Typewriter for Markdown

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    A Markdown editor with syntax highlighting and live preview.

    108 Typewriter for Markdown alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Typewriter for Markdown Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Outliner
    3.  Markdown preview
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