Pandoc Alternatives

Pandoc is described as 'Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library' and is a popular markup converter in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pandoc for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Pandoc alternative is MultiMarkdown, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pandoc are Asciidoctor, TinyMCE, mdBook and txt2tags.

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Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library.

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Pandoc alternatives page was last updated Dec 16, 2024
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  1. MultiMarkdown icon

    MultiMarkdown

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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 ‘.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    MultiMarkdown Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown

    MultiMarkdown VS Pandoc

     

    • MultiMarkdown is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Pandoc.

    • MultiMarkdown is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pandoc.

    • MultiMarkdown is Free and Open SourcePandoc is also Free and Open Source
  2. Asciidoctor icon

    Asciidoctor

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    Asciidoctor is a fast text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML5, DocBook 5 (or 4.5) and other formats.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Asciidoctor screenshot 1

    Asciidoctor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  AsciiDoc
    3.  Publishing

    Asciidoctor VS Pandoc

     

    • Asciidoctor is the most popular Web-based alternative to Pandoc.

    • Asciidoctor is Free and Open SourcePandoc is also Free and Open Source
  4. TinyMCE icon

    TinyMCE

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    TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control released as Open Source under LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It has the ability to convert HTML TEXTAREA fields or other HTML elements to editor instances.

    32 TinyMCE alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    • Joomla
    TinyMCE screenshot 1

    TinyMCE Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    TinyMCE VS Pandoc

     
  5. mdBook icon

    mdBook

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    Gitbook alternative in Rust.

    52 mdBook alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
    mdBook screenshot 1

    mdBook Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Publishing

    mdBook VS Pandoc

     
  6. txt2tags icon

    txt2tags

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    It reads a text file with minimal markup such as bold and //italic// and converts it to the following formats (among others):

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • BR flagBrazil

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    txt2tags screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Wiki
    3.  Text formatting

    txt2tags VS Pandoc

     

  7. LyXConverter for Microsoft Word

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    LyXConverter creates a LyX document based on a Word document. It does this directly, in Word, without first exporting to LaTeX or going through other gyrations.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    LyXConverter for Microsoft Word VS Pandoc

     

    • LyXConverter for Microsoft Word is the most popular commercial alternative to Pandoc.

    • LyXConverter for Microsoft Word is Paid and ProprietaryPandoc is Free and Open Source
  9. Textile icon

    Textile

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    Textile is a lightweight markup language originally developed by Dean Allen and billed as a "humane web text generator". Textile converts its marked-up text input to valid, well-formed XHTML and also inserts character entity references for apostrophes, opening and...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Text formatting

    Textile VS Pandoc

     

  10. Docutils

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    Docutils is an open-source text processing system for processing plaintext documentation into useful formats, such as HTML, LaTeX, man-pages, open-document or XML. It includes reStructuredText, the easy to read, easy to use, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup language.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Docutils Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Text formatting

    Docutils VS Pandoc

     
  11. Morphosis icon

    Morphosis

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    Morphosis is a document conversion app written in Python, using GTK4 and Libadwaita.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Morphosis screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    6.  ReStructuredText
    7.  File conversion
    8.  Convert PDF to Word document

    Morphosis VS Pandoc

     

  12. MarkItDown

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    The MarkItDown library is a utility tool for converting various files to Markdown (e.g., for indexing, text analysis, etc.).

    19 MarkItDown alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python

    MarkItDown Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Python-based

    MarkItDown VS Pandoc

     
  13. Booktype icon

    Booktype

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    Booktype helps you turn intellectual property into beautiful, professional books.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Booktype screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The developers are no longer developing Booktype. However, it is still free and open source.

    Booktype Features

    1.  Collaborative writing
    2.  Publishing
    3.  Non profit

    Booktype VS Pandoc

     
  14. Texy! icon

    Texy!

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    Texy! is a lightweight markup language as well as converter of this format to XHTML, in a form of a library written in the PHP scripting language. It allows the user to write structured documents without knowledge or using of HTML language.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Text formatting

    Texy! VS Pandoc

     
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