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 Marknote. Other great apps like MacDown are Ferrite, Clearly Markdown, Hemingway Editor and Notepack.

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    Writage is a new add-in for Word, which enables to edit Markdown documents. Zero knowledge of Markdown is required in order to write structured documents. No need to remember markup for hyperlink or footnote, or how to format a table.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Word
     
  2. Markdown Life icon
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    An elegant and easy to use editor with simplicity for the Markdown markup language. Markdown Life is able to use full power of your new Mac and brings you unprecedented performance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. WriteDown icon
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    Try WriteDown, an app that made text editing simpler. You can write your note whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. Your notes are synchronized to the cloud, so you can easily read it wherever you want.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  4.  4 likes

    Beegit is the online writing platform that removes barriers across your organization to create, edit and approve web content. Try it free.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Writed icon
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    Writed is a distraction free text editor that will help you type more in less time. Writed uses markdown* syntax to format your document in real time, keep both your hand on the keyboard and just type.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Easy Markdown lets the user create web pages writing simple text using the Markdown rules to create readable well formatted text. A text written in Markdown is a simply text which looks correctly to humans as text and automatically translates in a correct web page.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Booker icon
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    Meet Booker, an editor with the power of Markdown, made specially for writers and bloggers. You don’t have to blur your mind with any concerns instead of writing down your ideas. Just pull up a chair, enter fullscreen distraction-free mode, and start making a new book, post, or...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. MiniNote icon
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    A simple Markdown note-taking editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Meva icon
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    A fast, native markdown viewer built for the AI era. Browse folders, render LaTeX and Mermaid diagrams, and read AI-generated docs beautifully — all offline, under 15MB.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. MacDown 3000 is a free Markdown editor for macOS, available under the MIT License. It continues the legacy started by Chen Luo's Mou and carried forward by Tzu-ping Chung's MacDown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. MarkUpDown is an editor specialized to make creating Markdown code easy for beginners and experts. With helpful toolbars for beginners, GitHub Flavored/Multimarkdown table support, and keystroke shortcuts & Easy Actions for the expert, MarkUpDown is ready to help anyone...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. MarkEditor 2.0 for Mac only.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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