Mou Alternatives

Mou is described as 'Web developers' Markdown editor for Mac OS X. When current available Markdown editors are almost all for general writers, Mou is different: It's for web developers. Syntax highlighting, live preview, fullscreen mode, auto save, powerful actions, auto pair' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Mou for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Mou alternative is Typora. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ghostwriter or Rentry.co. Other great apps like Mou are StackEdit, iA Writer, Hemingway Editor and ReText.

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. MdCharm icon
     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
     
  4. Marked icon
     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
     
  5. (Un)colored icon
     20 likes

    Next generation desktop rich content editor that saves documents with themes. HTML & Markdown compatible. For Windows, OS X & Linux.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. LightPaper icon
     12 likes

    LightPaper lets you write your documents/articles/blogs using powerful features such as markdown, folder navigator, real and live preview, shadow notes, multi-tabs, custom styles, distraction free mode, syntax highlighting, math rendering, full GFM support including GitHub...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. MWeb icon
     10 likes

    MWeb can handle professional-level markdown with support for markdown extensions. It provides publishing to various social networks and blogging formats, as well as various preview themes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Markdown Here icon
     12 likes

    Google Chrome, Firefox, and Thunderbird extension that lets you write email in Markdown and render it before sending.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Google Charts
    • Thunderbird
    • Firefox
     
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    Just email functionality, not a full (online) editor

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    • Markdown Here is Free and Open SourceMou is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Markdown Edit icon
     21 likes

    Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop Markdown editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts.

    71 Markdown Edit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Remarkable icon
     15 likes

    A fully featured markdown editor for Linux. Features include Live Preview, PDF/HTML export, MathJax support, Syntax highlighting, customizable, keyboard shortcuts, GFM, images, tables and much more.

    61 Remarkable alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Paragraphs icon
     3 likes

    Paragraphs is an app just for writers. It was built for one thing and one thing only: writing. It gives you everything you need to create brilliant prose and does away with the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Editorially icon
     5 likes

    Write. Rewrite. Share and discuss. Everything you need to make good writing great.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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