Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
PileMD is described as 'PileMd has a really beautiful Markdown Editor, looks like Preview. It's like a RichText Editor but it's actually Markdown, and it works like a word processor, complete with Undo/Redo histories, list completion and clickable urls' and is a Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PileMD for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best PileMD alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Clearly Markdown. Other great apps like PileMD are MarkText, Rentry.co, marka.md and StackEdit.
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