MyST Markdown Alternatives

MyST Markdown is described as 'MyST makes Markdown more extensible & powerful to support an ecosystem of tools for computational narratives, technical documentation, and open scientific communication' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to MyST Markdown for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best MyST Markdown alternative is Quarkdown, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MyST Markdown are Markdown, R Markdown, MultiMarkdown and CommonMark.

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  1. Quarkdown icon
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    Quarkdown is a modern Markdown-based typesetting system, designed around the key concept of versatility, by seamlessly compiling a project into a print-ready book or an interactive presentation. All through an incredibly powerful Turing-complete extension of Markdown, ensuring...

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Markdown
    • Kotlin
     
  2. Markdown icon
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    Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

    13 Markdown alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  3. R Markdown icon
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    The rmarkdown package helps you create dynamic analysis documents that combine code, rendered output (such as figures), and prose. You bring your data, code, and ideas, and R Markdown renders your content into a polished document that can be used to:

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    • Mac
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  4. MultiMarkdown icon
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    MultiMarkdown, or MMD, is a tool to help turn minimally marked-up plain text into well formatted documents, including HTML, PDF (by way of LaTeX), OPML, or OpenDocument (specifically, Flat OpenDocument or ‘.

    10 MultiMarkdown alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. CommonMark icon
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    For short it's the Markdown syntax standard. It replaces the old original Markdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  6. PHP Markdown icon
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    PHP port of the Markdown text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. GitHub uses "GitHub Flavored Markdown," or GFM, across the site--in issues, comments, and pull requests. It differs from standard Markdown (SM) in a few significant ways, and adds some additional functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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