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Devpen is a markdown editor designed with GitHub's styling conventions in mind. Launched in 2018, it caters to developers and technical writers who need to create and format markdown documents with GitHub-compatible… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Devpen – Markdown Editor with GitHub Style launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Devpen▲125

   A GitHub style Markdown editor ✍️

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Github for Designers▲409

   2012 · pixelapse.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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   Git Sketch Plugin▲485

   Version control for designers

   2016 · mathieudutour.github.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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   Macdown▲87

   Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Contribute to MacDownApp/macdown development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · 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 →

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   Github Markdown Editor▲4

   Simple and easy feature filled Github markdown editor.

   2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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   GitHub Writer▲206

   An Open Source WYSIWYG editor for GitHub

   2020 · ckeditor.com · its alternatives →

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    Refined GitHub▲324

    Browser extension that makes GitHub cleaner & more powerful

    2017 · github.com · 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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    Bindr▲81

    No more “final_final_v2.psd”. Now for teams and clients.

    2025 · bindr.cc · its alternatives →

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    CodePen Projects▲288

    A web based IDE for building websites by CodePen

    2017 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

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    MarkRight – Electron-powered GitHub-flavored Markdown editor▲57

    ➡ Tauri powered markdown editor with live preview. Contribute to dvcrn/markright development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitPress▲120

    A blog writing tool based on GitHub, designed for developers

    2019 · quaily.com · its alternatives →

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    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Github for recipes▲134

    2013 · forkingrecipes.com · its alternatives →

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    ReadmeStack▲99

    Free Markdown web editor synchronized with GitHub

    2023 · its alternatives →

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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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    CodePen▲109

    HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor in the browser.

    2014 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

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    Markdown Editor▲76

    Writing Github readme's and markdown easier

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Notepag.es - Markdown/LaTeX editor for quick technical documents.▲100

    2011 · notepag.es · its alternatives →

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    SkunkHTML – Markdown Blog with GitHub Pages▲53

    Markdown blog with GitHub Pages. Contribute to mg0x7BE/skunk-html development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MDEditorsy▲85

    A Drag And Drop editor to create Markdown/Github profiles

    2021 · mdeditorsy.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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