Zen Editor Alternatives

Zen Editor is described as 'Zen by Unit is a free, minimal, fast, private writing app. Just open and use' and is a Text Editor in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Zen Editor, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Zen Editor alternative is Zettlr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Zen Editor are Typora, ghostwriter, Mark Text and Rentry.co.

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  1. Void Writer icon
     3 likes

    A portable distraction-free writer with customizable themes, auto-save, and overwrite protection. Made with minimalism in mind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. SXMac icon
     1 like

    SXMac is a light, notes like app that can be used as a rich text editor, markdown editor and preview, code editor with more than 100 supported languages. If you need specific files or anything else in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. MacDown icon
     23 likes

    MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for macOS, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.

    57 MacDown alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Haroopad icon
     69 likes

    Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. MarkdownPad icon
     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
     
  6. Dillinger icon
     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
     
  7. Byword icon
     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
     
  8. Super-clean writing space with a lot of configurability that stays out of sight when you don’t need it.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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
     
  11. PHP Markdown icon
     4 likes

    PHP port of the Markdown text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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