Erato Alternatives

Erato is described as 'Beautiful and simple Markdown editor for your Mac. It is fast, extremely easy to use and gets out of your way' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Erato for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Erato alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Mark Text. Other great apps like Erato are StackEdit, Hemingway Editor, ReText and MarkdownPad.

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  1. Typora icon

    Typora

     326 likes

    A minimalist Markdown editor offering cross-platform synchronization, live preview, and seamless export/import in various formats like PDF, DOCX, and LaTeX. Features include distraction-free Focus and Typewriter modes, file management with tree and articles panels, and content organization through an outline panel.

    178 Typora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
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  2. ghostwriter icon

    ghostwriter

     109 likes

    ghostwriter is a feature-rich text editor using Markdown syntax which makes it suitable for note-taking, document redaction, simple HTML website creation and much more.

    139 ghostwriter alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  4. Mark Text icon

    Mark Text

     120 likes

    Open-source Markdown editor on Mac, Windows, and Linux offering real-time preview, clean interface, and various themes. Supports math expressions, exports HTML/PDF, allows image pasting, and more.

    106 Mark Text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    GitHub Flavored Markdown
     
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    Typora

    A minimalist Markdown editor offering cross-platform synchronization, live preview, and seamless export/import in various formats like PDF, DOCX, and LaTeX. Features include distraction-free Focus and Typewriter modes, file manag...

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    StackEdit

     90 likes

    Full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    StackEdit 5 - Split interface (Dark)
     
  8. ReText icon

    ReText

     49 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. MarkdownPad icon

    MarkdownPad

     63 likes

    MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows. Features: LivePreview : Instantly see how your documents look in HTML as you create them. Easy formatting with keyboard shortcuts. Markdown formatting can be applied (and removed) with handy keyboard shortcuts and toolb.

    97 MarkdownPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Dillinger icon

    Dillinger

     10 likes

    Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor.

    86 Dillinger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Byword icon

    Byword

     53 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Byword screenshot 1
     
  13. Zen Editor icon

    Zen Editor

     1 like

    Zen by Unit is a free, minimal, fast, private writing app. Just open and use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Zen Editor screenshot 1
     
  14. MdCharm icon

    MdCharm

     7 likes

    MdCharm is a wiki editor written in Qt which supports markdown. It has features like live preview, pdf/html/odt exporting, opening directory as project, custom css, code syntax highlighting and much more.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    MdCharm screenshot 1
     
  15. Marked icon

    Marked

     18 likes

    Marked 2 is a previewer (not an editor) for Markdown, MultiMarkdown and other text markup languages. It updates live every time you save your document in your favorite text editor, comes with writing analysis tools, and is powerfully flexible.

    63 Marked alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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