MarkText Alternatives

MarkText is described as 'Markdown editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux with real-time preview and distraction-free interface. Open source, free on GitHub, supports various Markdown specs' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MarkText for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best MarkText alternative is Logseq, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MarkText are Zettlr, Typora, Trilium Notes and ghostwriter.

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MarkText alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Text Editors or Todo List Managers you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MarkText.
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  1. ThiefMD icon
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    ThiefMD is a Markdown and Fountain editor and file manager inspired by Ulysses. ThiefMD is based on open source code from Quilter and other projects.

    6 ThiefMD alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. LightPaper icon
     12 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Safe Notes icon
     5 likes

    Safe Notes is a security project aimed at providing an encrypted, private note manager that works locally and protects notes from various threat actors.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  4. Classeur icon
     6 likes

    Start writing notes, docs, and blogs quickly using Markdown.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Markdown Here icon
     12 likes

    Google Chrome, Firefox, and Thunderbird extension that lets you write email in Markdown and render it before sending.

    42 Markdown Here alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Google Charts
    • Thunderbird
    • Firefox
     
  6. Markdown Pro icon
     2 likes

    A beautiful and easy to use editor for the popular Markdown markup language, combined with a themed live preview feature, you will never have to write boring documents again.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. A modern macOS markdown editor - themeable, tabs, sidebar, GitHub flavored markdown, exporting, latex and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. PileMD icon
     4 likes

    PileMd has a really beautiful Markdown Editor, looks like Preview. It's like a RichText Editor but it's actually Markdown, and it works like a word processor, complete with Undo/Redo histories, list completion and clickable urls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Marker icon
     2 likes

    A simple GTK+ Markdown text editor with dual-pane live preview, spellcheck, style and theme support, and export to HTML and PDF.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. Octopage icon
     Like

    Octopage is a dedicated markdown editor for GitHub-hosted Jekyll sites.

    Now, you can create, edit, publish and delete your posts of website hosted on github pages from iPhone!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  11. AsciidocFX icon
     2 likes

    Asciidoc FX is a book / document editor to build PDF, Epub, Mobi and HTML books, documents and slides. AsciidocFX is also a winner of Duke’s Choice Award 2015.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. 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
     
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