Marcdown AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Marcdown

Marcdown is described as 'Lightweight real time markdown viewer and editor' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Marcdown, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and iPad apps. The best Marcdown alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or ReText. Other great sites and apps similar to Marcdown are Hemingway Editor, Markdown Shell Extensions and Editor, SXMac and MacDown.

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Marcdown 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.
174 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 Marcdown?
Typora is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Marcdown.
Typora is the most popular commercial alternative to Marcdown.
Typora is Paid and ProprietaryMarcdown is Free and Open Source
Typora is Lightweight, Minimalistic and CustomizableMarcdown 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
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Text Editor
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
Flathub
Haiku
+1
Is ghostwriter a good alternative to Marcdown?
ghostwriter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Marcdown.
ghostwriter is Free and Open SourceMarcdown is also Free and Open Source
ghostwriter is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMarcdown is not according to our users
Hemingway Editor
57 likes
Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.
138 Hemingway Editor alternatives
Cost / License
Pay once
Proprietary
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Online
Is Hemingway Editor a good alternative to Marcdown?
Hemingway Editor is the most popular Web-based alternative to Marcdown.
Hemingway Editor is Paid and ProprietaryMarcdown is Free and Open Source
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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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ReText
49 likes
ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.
77 ReText alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Text Editor
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is ReText a good alternative to Marcdown?
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.
34 Markdown Shell Extensions and Editor alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Windows
+1
Is this a good alternative to Marcdown?
SXMac
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.
48 SXMac alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Text Editor
Note-taking Tool
Platforms
Mac
+4
Is SXMac a good alternative to Marcdown?
MacDown
23 likes
MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.
55 MacDown alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
Taiwan
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Is MacDown a good alternative to Marcdown?
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.
104 Haroopad alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
South Korea
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+4
Is Haroopad a good alternative to Marcdown?
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.
94 MarkdownPad alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Text Editor
Origin
United States
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
+5
Is MarkdownPad a good alternative to Marcdown?
Dillinger
10 likes
Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor.
83 Dillinger alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
United States
Platforms
Online
Is Dillinger a good alternative to Marcdown?
Byword
53 likes
Byword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad.
149 Byword alternatives
Cost / License
Pay once
Proprietary
Application type
Word Processor
Origin
Portugal
EU
Platforms
Mac
iPhone
iPad
+9
Is Byword a good alternative to Marcdown?
Byword is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Marcdown.
Byword is Paid and ProprietaryMarcdown is Free and Open Source
Paper - Writing App
5 likes
Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.
126 Paper - Writing App alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
Proprietary
Application types
Note-taking Tool
Text Editor
Platforms
Mac
iPhone
iPad
+9
Is Paper - Writing App a good alternative to Marcdown?