Open Live Writer Alternatives for Mac

Open Live Writer is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is MarsEdit. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Blogly or MacJournal. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Open Live Writer and eight of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Open Live Writer are Desk, SeMagic, QTM and Blogo.

Open Live Writer alternatives are mainly Blog Publishing Tools but may also be Note-taking Tools or Journaling Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Open Live Writer.

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Open Live Writer

Free • Open Source
Blog Publishing Tool

Open Live Writer is an open source application enabling users to author, edit, and publish blog posts. It is based on a...

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MarsEdit
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Paid • Proprietary
Blog Publishing Tool
Mac
17 MarsEdit alternatives
Writing and editing websites. It's possible to both post and reopen posts and edit them without any changes to the code. What's very special is the built-in support for Markdown. Plain text HTML editing and WYSIWYG are also supported.
- - MarsEdit is the most popular Mac alternative to Open Live Writer.
- - MarsEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Open Live Writer.
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1. Works OfflineMarsEdit can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Blog editor
Comments about MarsEdit as a Alternative to Open Live Writer
pros, cons and recent comments
Alec Kinnear
It's still up to date and works very well in 2021. Version 4 is out and actively maintained by developer.
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Sequester3480
Powerful but expensive. No longer supports Google's Blogger/Blogspot blogs.
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Guest
Open Live Writer is Free!!!!
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Blogly
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
4 Blogly alternatives
Blogly is an open-source desktop application for bloggers and content writers. Provides a fully offline content creation facility and draft online or publish (only to Google Blogger) when back online. Supports export/import of the blog posts as files for easy sharing between...
- - Blogly is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Open Live Writer.
- - Blogly is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Open Live Writer.
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Blogly Features
1. Works OfflineBlogly can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Dark ModeBlogly supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Embed subtitles into video
Theme Customization
Blog editor
Blogger
MacJournal
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Free • Proprietary
Note-taking Tool
Todo List Manager
Journaling App
Mac
141 MacJournal alternatives
MacJournal is the world's most popular journalist software for the Mac.
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MacJournal Features
Voice Notes
Wiki
Desk
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Paid • Proprietary
Note-taking Tool
Mac
73 Desk alternatives
An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client, exclusively for OS X.

You are a storyteller, passionate about crafting narratives that capture, express, and delight in what it means to be human.
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Blog editor
Discontinued
Website/app unavailable.
SeMagic
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Free • Open Source
Blog Publishing Tool
Journaling App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Wine
11 SeMagic alternatives
Client for LiveJournal, Blogger, Wordpress Image upload to LJ Scrapbook, Flickr, fotki.com, imageshack.us, Picasa, Yandex Fotki.
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Blogger
Blog editor
Discontinued
Last version was in 2015https://sourceforge.net/projects/semagic/
QTM
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Free • Open Source
Blog Publishing Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
12 QTM alternatives
ABANDONED in 2014, Was a decent "word press uploader".
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Blogger
Discontinued
This item has been discontinued. The last version was 7 years ago, on 27 February 2014.
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Blogo
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Paid • Proprietary
Blog Publishing Tool
Mac
6 Blogo alternatives
Blogging made easy, again. Blogo is the easiest and fastest way to write, publish and manage multiple blogs.

"Blogging is easier with Blogo's desktop app. A must have for bloggers!"
- Hiten Shah, KISSMetrics
"Blogo’s ability to manage multiple blogs inspire.
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Blogger
Blog editor
Discontinued
Website no longer exists and app is no longer on App Store. No word from developers on social media since 2016.
ecto
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Paid • Proprietary
Blog Publishing Tool
Mac
9 ecto alternatives
ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging editor for MacOSX. With ecto, you can easily publish to a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more.
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Blog editor
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