MarkText Alternatives

MarkText is described as 'Markdown editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux with real-time preview and distraction-free interface. Open source, free on GitHub, supports various Markdown specs' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MarkText for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best MarkText alternative is Logseq, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MarkText are Zettlr, Typora, Trilium Notes and HelixNotes.

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MarkText alternatives are mainly Text Editors, but if you're looking for Note-taking Tools or Todo List Managers you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MarkText.
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  1. MultiMarkdown Composer is a text editor for Mac that is designed from the ground up around the MultiMarkdown Syntax. It is designed to make writing in MultiMarkdown even easier than it already is, with automatic syntax highlighting, built in previews, easy export to any format...

    66 MultiMarkdown Composer alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. Writeopia icon
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    Writeopia is a modern text editor that integrates AI while prioritizing offline functionality and user privacy. Unlike cloud-based AI assistants, Writeopia allows you to choose your own AI model and interact with it locally, ensuring that your data stays on your device.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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  3. SplitMark icon
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    SplitMark is a minimal, Quill-based online text editor with robust markdown support. It combines a clean and simple user interface with the power of rich-text editing and markdown capabilities, giving you a distraction-free yet powerful writing experience.

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    • Online
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  4. A beautiful markdown note-taking app for GNOME (forked from Paper).

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. Looksyk icon
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    A simple personal knowledge platform with a focus on clean Markdown files, simple queries and a journal.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Electron
    • Docker
    • Chromium
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  6. Typewrite icon
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    Typewrite is a real-time collaborative writing environment with Markdown support, versioning and Dropbox syncing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. MdCharm icon
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    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.

    48 MdCharm alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Buho icon
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    Buho is a note-taking app. Buho will let you take quick notes, save links, create books and pages for taking classes notes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • AppImageHub
    • Linux Mobile
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  9. Glow icon
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    Glow is a terminal based markdown reader designed from the ground up to bring out the beauty—and power—of the CLI.

    52 Glow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. Monod icon
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    Monod was a secure and offline-first, React-based Markdown editor. Development has STOPPED and the app has been taken down.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • React
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  11. Marxico icon
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    Marxico is a neat Markdown editor that features :

    code highlight, tables, images, attachments, LaTeX etc.

    live preview, offline desktop client and Chrome App.

    Evernote integration with notebooks & tags, two-way bind editing etc.

    63 Marxico alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Evernote
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