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24 alternatives to Asana Markdown and Syntax Highlighting

Adds the power of markdown and syntax highlighting to Asana

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Asana Markdown and Syntax Highlighting launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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A Standalone/GitHub CLI Extension to Preview GitHub Flavored Markdown▲29
A standalone/GitHub CLI extension to preview GitHub Flavored Markdown, even offline. - thiagokokada/gh-gfm-preview
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust▲261
A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output - dandavison/delta
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sketch Syntax Highlighter▲195
Highlight the syntax of any code snippet in Sketch
2017 · danielguillan.github.io · its alternatives →
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An open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG Markdown editor▲460
Inspired by the design and UI/UX of apps like Notion, and utility of open-source apps like StackEdit, I decided to create a minimalistic, local-only WYSIWYG Markdown editor. Some features worth highlighting: - Monaco editor and Prettier integration for code snippets - Tables (apparently the holy grail of WYSIWYG editing) - Embeds (for CodePen, CodeSandbox and YouTube, most useful for HTML or JSON exports) - Accepts Markdown paste-in, and "exports"/generates HTML, Markdown and JSON outputs - Collaboration (with real-time awareness and initial commenting system, available only when…
2023 · editor.vrite.io · its alternatives →
5ES
English syntax highlighter using part-of-speech tagging▲147
2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →
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MARKDE▲67
An editor for writing multiple formats of markdown text✍️
2021 · markde.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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OpenMarkdown▲189
A feather-light, local-first Markdown editor built for you and your agent.
Jul 2026 · openmarkdown.dev · its alternatives →
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Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting▲118
Use Markdown and React to build rich content websites. Documentation, tutorials, blogs, videos, interactive walkthroughs, and more.
2021 · codehike.org · its alternatives →
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Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering▲241
Ferrite: Fast Markdown/Text/Code editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagrams Built a Markdown editor using Rust + egui. v0.2.1 just dropped with major Mermaid improvements: → Native Mermaid diagrams - Flowcharts, sequence, state, ER, git graphs - pure Rust, no JS → Split view - Raw + rendered side-by-side with sync scrolling → Syntax highlighting - 40+ languages with large file optimization → JSON/YAML/TOML tree viewer - Structured editing with expand/collapse → Git integration - File tree shows modified/staged/untracked status Also: minimap, zen mode,…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Markdown Preview▲211
Markdown Editor with instant preview using GitHub CSS.
2022 · freecodetools.org · its alternatives →
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showmd▲204
Markdown was never meant to be previewed plain text
Apr 2026 · showmd.yetanother.one · its alternatives →
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MarkdownX▲258
A new markdown editor built for the TallStack
2021 · devdojo.com · its alternatives →
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Online Markdown Editor▲3
Simple, fast & live preview markdown
2025 · onlinemarkdown.com · its alternatives →
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Marked QL▲159
Instant markdown previews in Finder
Jul 2026 · markedapp.com · its alternatives →
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ghore, an Offline Renderer for GitHub flavoured Markdown▲22
Ghore is a simple cli tool to preview markdown files like they would appear on Github. It doesn't rely on Github's API and can be used completely offline. It also supports live preview of mermaid code blocks (Github's API doesn't process mermaid codeblocks).
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MDyna▲73
Markdown editor with Github Gist Sync
2020 · its alternatives →
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A TUI for Markdown view an editing▲20
Hi HN, I built a simple TUI for viewing and editing .md files in the terminal. More and more markdown files keep appearing in our projects, and I found myself needing a quick way to view(with syntax highlighting) and edit them without leaving the terminal, so I built this
Apr 2026 · mdee.bkh.dev · its alternatives →
18
Front Matter▲93
Managing your static sites straight from within VS Code
2021 · frontmatter.codes · its alternatives →
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Gitcasso – Syntax Highlighting and Draft Recovery for GitHub Comments▲33
I built a browser extension called Gitcasso which: - Adds markdown syntax highlighting to GitHub textareas - Lists every open PR/issue tab and any drafts - (Optional, unimplemented) autosaves your comment drafts so you don’t lose work I made it because I was impressed by https://overtype.dev/ (a markdown textarea syntax highlighter) which went big on here on HN a few weeks ago, and it seemed like a perfect fit for a GitHub browser extension. Keeping up with changes on upstream GitHub would normally be a pain, but with with Playwright and Claude Code it seemed possible for…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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English Syntax Highlighter▲94
Highlights English syntax like it's code
2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →
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Mojo Language Syntax Highlighting for Vim▲32
Mojo 🔥 Language Syntax Highlighting for Vim. Contribute to ovikrai/mojo-syntax development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Markdown Editor For Notion Lovers▲80
A clean Markdown editor with a smooth, block-based UX
Apr 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Abricotine▲69
Open-source markdown editor built for desktop
2018 · its alternatives →
24MU
Markdown-UI – Write UI/UX with Markdown Syntax▲65
2015 · jjuliano.github.io · its alternatives →

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