R Markdown Alternatives

R Markdown is described as '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:' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to R Markdown for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best R Markdown alternative is Quarkdown, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like R Markdown are LaTeX, Markdown, YAML and XML.

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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...

    12 Quarkdown alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Markdown
    • Kotlin
     
    • Quarkdown is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to R Markdown.

    • Quarkdown is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to R Markdown.

    • Quarkdown is Free and Open SourceR Markdown is also Free and Open Source
  2. LaTeX icon
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    LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.

    17 LaTeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • LaTeX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to R Markdown.

    • LaTeX is Free and Open SourceR Markdown is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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).

    12 Markdown alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. YAML icon
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    YAML is a human-readable data serialization language. It is commonly used for configuration files and in applications where data are being stored or transmitted. YAML targets many of the same communications applications as Extensible Markup Language (XML) but has a minimal...

    12 YAML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. XML icon
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    Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format which is both human-readable and machine-readable.

    10 XML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Quarto icon
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    Open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. MEML icon
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    MEML is a Lisp-like markup language for web development that transpiles directly to HTML5. MEML has features like easier file imports, a developer environment tool (MLD), components that can be used on multiple pages, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. MyST Markdown icon
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    MyST makes Markdown more extensible & powerful to support an ecosystem of tools for computational narratives, technical documentation, and open scientific communication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Markdown
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
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