Zen Editor Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to Zen Editor include Zettlr, which is free and open source. Other options are Typora, ghostwriter, Clearly Markdown and MarkText. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like Zen Editor: we list more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. Tolstoy Compose is a local-first professional writing app you can use in your browser or install as a Progressive Web App. Keep your notes, research, citations, feedback and earlier versions together in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. A calm, private Markdown editor in your browser. It's free, needs no account, keeps your words on your device, and will never use AI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Nodes App icon
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    Nodes is your local, intelligent note system – minimal, powerful, and built for deep thinking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. iWriter Pro is elegant and minimalist text editor with built-in Markdown support. Distraction-free and subscription-free.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. freewrite icon
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    One simple, clean place to write continuously for a set time without distraction — think through a new idea, write your next script, reflect on an event, whatever.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. MarkDrop icon
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    Markdown is a simple syntax built for writers who want to compose in an easy-to-write, easy-to-read format that can be converted to HTML. But the missing component up until now has been quickly uploading that HTML to a URL that can be easily shared with others.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. MiniNote icon
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    A simple Markdown note-taking editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. MacDown 3000 is a free Markdown editor for macOS, available under the MIT License. It continues the legacy started by Chen Luo's Mou and carried forward by Tzu-ping Chung's MacDown.

    51 MacDown 3000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Booker icon
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    Meet Booker, an editor with the power of Markdown, made specially for writers and bloggers. You don’t have to blur your mind with any concerns instead of writing down your ideas. Just pull up a chair, enter fullscreen distraction-free mode, and start making a new book, post, or...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Writing Kit is for writers who want to do research and write documents/screenplays in Markdown or Fountain. You don't even need to know Markdown syntax to get started.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Evermark icon
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    Evermark is a full-featured markdown editor for iOS.

    1. Create, rename, edit, preview markdown (or othrer text format) document; 2. Support deal with documents 'OpenIn' from other Apps;
    2. Support share and store your documents to other Apps (such as: Dropbox, **.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. Easy Markdown lets the user create web pages writing simple text using the Markdown rules to create readable well formatted text. A text written in Markdown is a simply text which looks correctly to humans as text and automatically translates in a correct web page.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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