Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox




Typora is described as 'A cross-platform Markdown editor providing real-time preview, Focus & Typewriter modes, and support for multiple export formats' and is a very popular Note-taking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Typora for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Typora alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Typora are Mark Text, Joplin, Zettlr and ghostwriter.




Ulysses is a text editor for creative writers. Used by bloggers, poets, students and published novelists all over the world, it offers an integrated environment to brainstorm, draft, revise and even submit text on a professional level.




Writemonkey is a Windows zenware writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words.




acreom is an actionable personal knowledge base for developers. It helps developers ship faster by centralizing personal and team context in one place.




Self-hosted and open source note-taking app focused on minimalism and efficiency. Offers simple folder organization, keyboard shortcuts, instant URL formatting, and local media storage under /notes, reducing complexity in organizing thoughts.


A Vim-inspired note-taking application that knows programmers and Markdown better.






Silver Bullet is an extensible, open source, personal knowledge management system. Indeed, that’s fancy talk for “a note-taking app with links.” However, Silver Bullet goes a bit beyond just that.


A live editable Markdown editor that lets you add cells like Excel. You can think of Tenno as a mix of Word and Excel with a touch of Obsidian, Markdown and JavaScript.

Minimalist productivity platform offers centralized notes, task management, meeting capture with audio summaries, inbox processing, and Markdown editing, all enhanced by AI prioritization, custom prompts, backlinks, and flexible workflows, supporting multiple methodologies.




Lightweight knowledge silo and networked-writing tool equipped with WYSIWYG Markdown editor and reader. Use it to organize writing, network thoughts and build a Second Brain on top of local plain text Markdown files.


This program is a structured notetaking application based on GTK+ 3. Write your notes in instantly-formatted Markdown, organise them in a tree of folders that can be instantly navigated from within the program, and add hand-drawn notes by mouse, touchscreen or digitiser.


Notable is a cross-platform note app. Notes are plain Markdown files, their metadata is stored as Markdown front matter. Attachments are also plain files, if you attach a picture.jpg to a note everything about it will be preserved, and it will remain accessible like any other...




sigh... how many such idiotic 'alternatives' am I going to have to mark as dissimilar before they stop being suggested!?