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24 alternatives to Collaborative Markdown Editor

Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

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

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Let's Markdown!▲81
Write Markdown together
2022 · kudasakti168login.com · its alternatives →
2
Jottings▲95
Real-time collaboration in Markdown
2016 · its alternatives →
3
HackMD▲142
Your Collaborative Markdown Workspace for Knowledge Sharing
2024 · hackmd.io · its alternatives →
4
MarkRight▲84
A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Markly▲64
A calm, native Markdown editor for your folders
27d ago · markly.justghali.dev · its alternatives →
6
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 →
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Markdown Preview▲211
Markdown Editor with instant preview using GitHub CSS.
2022 · freecodetools.org · its alternatives →
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Mou▲73
Markdown editor for web developers
2014 · its alternatives →
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Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121
Turns websites into markdown
2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →
10
MacDown▲115
Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.
2014 · macdown.uranusjr.com · its alternatives →
11
Markdoc▲84
A shared Markdown editor for people and their agents
14d ago · markdoc.app · its alternatives →
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Markdown Studio▲126
Markdown editor built for the AI workflow era
Dec 2025 · mdstudio.app · its alternatives →
13
Markdown Editor▲126
Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor
2019 · mdown.vercel.app · its alternatives →
14
Markably▲78
Cross-platform Markdown editor
2020 · markably.io · its alternatives →
15EM
Etherpad meets Markdown for a minimal company wiki▲56
2012 · enterprisewiki.co · its alternatives →
16
StackEdit▲82
In-browser markdown editor
2021 · stackedit.io · its alternatives →
17
JotDown▲81
A Markdown editor with built-in productivity functions
2015 · its alternatives →
18
Remarkable▲82
a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
WordMark▲78
A lightweight blog publishing editor for Markdown writers
2016 · wordmarkapp.com · its alternatives →
20AD
a distraction-free Markdown editor▲74
2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.com · its alternatives →
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Typed▲104
New Markdown Editor for Mac by Realmac Software (pre-launch)
2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →
22
Rustpad, a self-hosted online collaborative text editor▲143
Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required - ekzhang/rustpad
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Paragraph Notes▲155
A private Markdown notes app for Mac
Sep 2026 · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →
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1Writer▲83
Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features
2014 · 1writerapp.com · its alternatives →

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