ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.


TextNut is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is ReText, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to TextNut and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to TextNut are Haroopad, Caret Markdown Editor, MarkRight and MedleyText.
ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.


Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.




Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.




MarkRight is a simple but very efficient Markdown editor built using Electron and ClojureScript. It uses a dual pane interface that lets you focus on the task of writing, while providing a live preview so you can instantly see the results.

Redefining the way programming notes are taken. Text editors are too one dimensional, Evernote/Onenote is too generic. Medley Text is a note taking tool designed to help you take pretty and organized programming notes.


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.



