PHP Markdown Alternatives

PHP Markdown is described as 'PHP port of the Markdown text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PHP Markdown for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Web-based, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best PHP Markdown alternative is Rentry.co, which is free. Other great apps like PHP Markdown are ReText, TinyMCE, CKEditor and Marked.

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  1. Textile icon
     12 likes

    Textile is a lightweight markup language originally developed by Dean Allen and billed as a "humane web text generator". Textile converts its marked-up text input to valid, well-formed XHTML and also inserts character entity references for apostrophes, opening and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Zen Editor icon
     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
     
  3. txt2tags icon
     7 likes

    It reads a text file with minimal markup such as bold and //italic// and converts it to the following formats (among others):

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  4. MyST Markdown icon
     2 likes

    MyST makes Markdown more extensible & powerful to support an ecosystem of tools for computational narratives, technical documentation, and open scientific communication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Markdown
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  5. Asciidoctor icon
     15 likes

    Asciidoctor is a fast text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML5, DocBook 5 (or 4.5) and other formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. GitHub uses "GitHub Flavored Markdown," or GFM, across the site--in issues, comments, and pull requests. It differs from standard Markdown (SM) in a few significant ways, and adds some additional functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  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. Marksmith icon
     1 like

    GitHub-style markdown editor for Ruby and Rails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby on Rails
     
  9. Glow icon
     3 likes

    Glow is a terminal based markdown reader designed from the ground up to bring out the beauty—and power—of the CLI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. 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
     
  11. A small & beautiful WYSIWYG editor for HTML content. ContentTools is a collection of small, flexible, extensible and framework agnostic JavaScript libraries for creating beautiful WYSIWYG editors for HTML content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. WYMeditor icon
     11 likes

    WYMeditor is a web-based WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) XHTML editor (not WYSIWYG).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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