Next generation desktop rich content editor that saves documents with themes. HTML & Markdown compatible. For Windows, OS X & Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux




MarkUpDown is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to MarkUpDown for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best MarkUpDown alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Mark Text. Other great apps like MarkUpDown are Rentry.co, StackEdit, WriteMonkey and HedgeDoc.
Next generation desktop rich content editor that saves documents with themes. HTML & Markdown compatible. For Windows, OS X & Linux.




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