MacDown Alternatives

Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format. Notes exported from Evernote via .enex files can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.

Features:

• MarkDown support
• End-to-End Encryption
• Cloud sync
• Encrypted Notes
• Privacy focused
• Write files in markdown
• Encryption
• Linux
• Web clipper
• Support for WebDAV
• Android Sync
• Sync with Dropbox
• Hierarchical structure
• Nextcloud integration
• Save as Markdown
• Ad-free
• Android App
• Cross-platform
• Local Storage
• Note Manager
• Notetaking
• Works Offline
• Security & Privacy
• Sync with WebDav
• Table creation
• Tags Support
• To-Do management
• Alarm
• Auto-saving
• Better formatting
• Google Chrome Extensions
• Cross-device syncing
• Custom templates
• Data export/import
• Data Import and Export
• Data Importing/Exporting
• Decentralized storage
• E2e encryption
• File-sync
• Fountain support
• Full text search
• Hyperlinks
• Infinite hierarchical depth
• Integrated Search
• Knowledge base
• Knowledge Base structuring
• Knowledge Management
• Latex Math
• Minimalistic UI
• Multi-platform support
• Nested Notebooks
• No dependencies
• No Internet required
• Image Preview
• Real-Time Synchronization
• Search by tags
• Subtasks
• Sync with Nextcloud
• Tabbed interface
• Terminal-based
• Text formatting
• Visual Organization
• Automatic Backup
• Built-in Terminal
• Command Line support
• Customer support
• Data-encryption
• Embedded media
• Evernote import
• Export to HTML
• File-organization
• File Searching
• File Tagging
• Firefox Extensions
• Folder Hierarchy
• Folder sync
• Lightweight
• Multiple languages
• Multiplatform
• Multiple cloud drive sync
• Night mode/Dark Theme
• Note organization
• Notetaking
• Sync with Onedrive
• Protected by Password
• Periodic reminders
• Possibility to attach files
• Export to PDF
• Side-by-side markup view
• Support for NodeJS
• Sync between devices
• Syntax Highlighting
• Todos
• WYSIWYG Support

Typora

Typora will give 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. Replace them with a real live preview feature to help you concentrate the content itself. It has features of: 1. Markdown support including tables, code fences with syntax highlight, LaTeX, Table of Contents. 2. Cross-platform. 3. The real live preview and WYSIWYG features. 4.

Features:

• Live Preview
• MarkDown support
• WYSIWYG Support
• Support for LaTeX
• Save as Markdown
• Write files in markdown
• Nested Folders
• Distraction-free UI
• Ad-free
• Code formatting
• Code syntax highlighting
• Distraction free writing
• Electron based
• Export to HTML
• Export to Word
• Flow diagram visualisation
• Lightweight
• Live Preview
• Minimalistic
• Native application
• Outline mode
• Real-time inline preview
• Export to PDF
• Syntax Highlighting
• Text editing
• Support for Themes
• Underline

Haroopad

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. Haroopad gives you same experiences in editing regardless of the platform you are working on. It runs on all three major operating systems—Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Features:

• Blogging
• Publishing
• Vim key mapping
• Writing tool

ghostwriter

ghostwriter is a Windows and Linux text editor for Markdown, which is a plain text markup format created by John Gruber. ghostwriter provides a relaxing, distraction-free writing environment, whether your masterpiece be that next blog post, your school paper, or your NaNoWriMo novel.

Features:

• Cross-platform
• Distraction free writing
• Fullscreen support
• Support for Large File
• Lightweight
• Live Preview
• MarkDown support
• Night mode/Dark Theme
• Portable
• Spell checking
• Stay Focused
• Syntax Highlighting
• Writing statistics

Byword

Byword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Features:

• MarkDown support
• Distraction free writing
• Dropbox integration
• Grammar check
• Works Offline
• Text expansion

Hemingway Editor

Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. The Hemingway Editor for Mac and PC highlights common errors. Use it to catch wordy sentences, adverbs, passive voice, and dull, complicated words.

Features:

• Collaborative writing
• Automated proofreading
• Distraction free writing
• Grammar check
• Distraction-free UI
• Works Offline
• Readability integration
• Spell checking
• Writing assistance
• Writing suggestions

ReText

ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview. It is written in Python using Qt libraries, able to run on any platforms (Linux and BSD are officially supported).

Inkdrop

Inkdrop enables hackers to keep track of their daily progress when it comes to hacking in one convenient spot without having to rely on traditional word processors. Inkdrop features support for #Markdown with the ability to do code syntax highlighting as well as built-in syncing capabilities. Users can organize their progress in a clean, uniform way that's focused on ensuring that the information is easy to work through and can be read uniformly.

Features:

• MarkDown support
• Cloud sync
• End-to-End Encryption
• Mobile apps
• Security & Privacy
• Colored tags
• Encrypted Notes
• Encryption
• Flow diagram visualisation
• Folder Hierarchy
• Latex Math
• Notetaking
• REST API
• Sequence Diagrams
• Share notes
• Support for Themes
• Todos

Abricotine

Abricotine is an open-source markdown editor for desktop. In Abricotine, you can preview your document directly in the text editor rather than in a side pane. - Write in markdown (or GFM) and export your documents in HTML, - Preview text elements (such as headers, images, math, embedded videos, to-do lists...

Features:

• Distraction free writing
• Distraction-free UI
• Writing tool

Markdown Edit

Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop CommonMark (a.k.a. Markdown) editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts. There is no main menu, status bar, tabbed windows or other distractions.

Features:

• Live Preview
• Writing tool