Typora
Typora is a cross-platform minimal markdown editor, providing seamless experience for both markdown readers and writers.
What is Typora?
Typora gives you a seamless experience as both a reader and a writer. It removes the preview window, mode switcher, syntax symbols of markdown source code, and all other unnecessary distractions. Instead, it provides a real live preview feature to help you concentrate on the content itself.
Features
Organize Files
Typora allows you to manage your files easily, providing both file tree panel and articles (file list) side panel. Fell free to organize files in your own way, including putting in sync services, like Dropbox or iCloud.
Outline Panel
Automatically see the Outline structure of your documents in outline panel, which allows you to quickly go through the document and jump to any section with one click.
Import & Export
Export to PDF with bookmarks. Go further and export or import. More formats, including docx, OpenOffice, LaTeX, MediaWiki, Epub, etc, can be exported or imported.
Word Count
See how large your document is in words, characters, lines, or reading minutes.
Focus Mode & TypeWriter Mode
Focus mode helps you focus only on the current line, by blurring the others. Typewriter mode always keeps the currently active line in the middle of the window.
Auto Pair
Auto complete pair of brackets and quotes like a code editor. Also, There's also an option to auto pair markdown symbols, like * or _.
Typora Screenshots
Typora Features
- Support for MarkDown
- Live Preview
- Distraction-free
- WYSIWYG Support
- Lightweight
- Support for LaTeX
- Support for Themes
- Code Formatting
- Spell Checking
- Autocompletion
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- Syntax Highlighting
- Dark Mode
- Write files in markdown
- Save as Markdown
- Clean design
- Simple text editor
- Code Syntax Highlighting
- Export to PDF
- Multiplatform
- Nested Folders
- Minimalistic
- Multiple languages
- Built-in themes
- Underline
- Distraction-free Writing
- Wiki
- Customizable
- Export to HTML
- Text editing
- Flow diagram visualisation
- Real-time inline preview
- Hyperlinks
- Electron based
- Export to Word
- Outline mode
- Native application
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- Note-taking
- Markdown Editor
- Text Editor
- markdown-extra
- markdown-table-editor
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Danilo_Venom added Typora as alternative(s) to NoteKit
Danilo_Venom added Typora as alternative(s) to Boost Note
For me as a typographer this app gets the gold star for distraction-free writing and at the same time presenting the content in the most beautiful way possible without any strange Markdown extensions or hacks.
I'm a bit concerned about their plans once they're out of beta and what the pricing model will be I really hope they don't go on a subscription model and keep the pricing sane. Here's my list of best Markdown writers so far:
I can say with some confidence that I have tried nearly all Markdown editors for literary use, and out of these, Typora is by far the best option.
Typora is minimalist – the right kind of minimalism.
Its UI only shows the bare minimum. But when you need it, there are powerful features under the hood. To name only a few, full markdown support including LaTeX and tables, integration with Pandoc making conversion and merge a breeze and most important: an actual WYSIWYG Markdown editor, which allows you to edit your docs. (When needed, you can see the source version with the click of a button.)
File navigation is another massive advantage. You have a tree-like structure allowing a quick switch between files in the side menu, but that's not all. Said bar has two tabs and the second tab proposes an outline of your files thanks to Markdown's titles. If you start a search, the outline tab will switch to a search tab.
It's also cross-platform, and free while it's still in beta. It will become a paid app once it's released but given its incredible quality, and the fact that it should become even better before then, you should take the chance and try it out.
Interface is beautiful but I can't see long term future as it is going to be a paid app after beta period. Zettlr is similar and it will be remain free forever. So I recommend Zettlr over Typora. No harm using it in beta period. As your notes are plain text, you are not tied to the editor.
Love this editor, because of it's minimal design and feeling. Also, is highly customizable - I learned CSS while building my own theme. I prefer FOSS, but this one is really worth this one-time payment.
It is pretty much the best Markdown writer I've ever used. A shame that its a paid service now, and with no money in my wallet, I had to stop using it.
Minimalist Free Multiplatform Markdown Editor with Live preview
Open source, easy, efficient
Actually, it's not open-source and there are no plans to make it so.
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