It reads a text file with minimal markup such as bold and //italic// and converts it to the following formats (among others):
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PHP Markdown Alternatives
PHP Markdown is described as 'PHP port of the Markdown text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PHP Markdown for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best PHP Markdown alternative is Rentry.co, which is free. Other great apps like PHP Markdown are ReText, TinyMCE, CKEditor and Glee.
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
61 Marked alternativesMarked 2 is a previewer (not an editor) for Markdown, MultiMarkdown and other text markup languages. It updates live every time you save your document in your favorite text editor, comes with writing analysis tools, and is powerfully flexible.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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6 AsciiDoc alternativesText processor for AsciiDoc format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsciiDoc which is human readable text format, similar to Markdown format, but with more complex syntax usage (but not so complex like LaTeX).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Ruby on Rails
MWeb can handle professional-level markdown with support for markdown extensions. It provides publishing to various social networks and blogging formats, as well as various preview themes.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
Glow is a terminal based markdown reader designed from the ground up to bring out the beauty—and power—of the CLI.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Google Chrome, Firefox, and Thunderbird extension that lets you write email in Markdown and render it before sending.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- Google Charts
- Thunderbird
- Firefox
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A small & beautiful WYSIWYG editor for HTML content. ContentTools is a collection of small, flexible, extensible and framework agnostic JavaScript libraries for creating beautiful WYSIWYG editors for HTML content.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Online
WYMeditor is a web-based WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) XHTML editor (not WYSIWYG).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Online
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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