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24 alternatives to Couscous

Turn Markdown documentation into beautiful websites

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Couscous launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

   Turns websites into markdown

   2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Docbase▲110

   Render your markdown documentation into beautiful sites

   2016 · opensource.appbase.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Mou▲73

   Markdown editor for web developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Markvis▲118

   Make visualization in markdown.

   2017 · markvis.js.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   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 →

6. 6
   Deckset▲133

   Create beautiful presentations from markdown

   2013 · deckset.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Docsify▲214

   A magical documentation site generator

   2017 · docsify.js.org · its alternatives →

8. 8
   UnMarkDocs▲178

   Beautiful docs & superpowered markdown from your GitHub repo

   2018 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   1Writer▲83

   Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features

   2014 · 1writerapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Markoff▲94

    A free Markdown previewer for OS X

    2016 · thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    MacDown▲115

    Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.

    2014 · macdown.uranusjr.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Upsite.markdown▲216

    Beautiful websites with a few lines of markdown

    2016 · upsite.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stacktile▲77

    Turn a markdown document into an interactive tutorial

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Stack Overflow Documentation▲227

    A crowdsourced developer documentation

    2016 · stackoverflow.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Remarkable▲82

    a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    markdown to web▲133

    Convert markdown to online web page

    2016 · markdowntoweb.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Jottings▲95

    Real-time collaboration in Markdown

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Markly▲64

    A calm, native Markdown editor for your folders

    27d ago · markly.justghali.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20
    MarkupKit▲99

    A framework for creating native iOS applications

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83

    Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

    2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →

22. 22TM
    Turn markdown files into a beautiful documentation hub▲7

    Turn markdown files into a beautiful documentation hub

    2016 · appbaseio.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Typed▲104

    New Markdown Editor for Mac by Realmac Software (pre-launch)

    2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    ReadmeStack▲99

    Free Markdown web editor synchronized with GitHub

    2023 · its alternatives →

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