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24 alternatives to Glorium

A contextual filler text generator for Mac

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Glorium launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Liquid Text 2.0▲157

   A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

   2016 · liquidtext.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

3. 3
   lagom▲109

   A simplistic presentation generator

   2016 · lagom.re.im · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Macaw▲90

   A simple code editor for Swift

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Little Ipsum▲102

   The best Latin text generator for OS X

   2014 · littleipsum.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Paragraph Notes▲155

   A private Markdown notes app for Mac

   Sep 2026 · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MuM▲93

   A reading-first Markdown engine for macOS

   30d ago · mum.jiker.ai · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Markoff▲94

   A free Markdown previewer for OS X

   2016 · thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Chalked for Mac▲89

    Your replies ready with your work's full context

    Sep 2026 · usechalked.com · its alternatives →

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    Glyphter▲66

    The SVG Font Machine

    2014 · glyphter.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Squire▲123

    The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

    2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Atavist▲116

    A web-based word processor as beautiful as Medium

    2015 · magazine.atavist.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    FoldingText▲83

    Plain text productivity for geeks

    2014 · foldingtext.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Textnut▲4

    A WYSIWYG Markdown Editor for Mac

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Collate Notes▲9

    A flexible cross-platform note-taking application

    2017 · collatenotes.com · its alternatives →

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    Universal Underlined Text Generator▲5

    2019 · beautifuldingbats.com · its alternatives →

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    LittleIpsum▲6

    The best latin text generator for OS X and Mac OS.

    2017 · dustinsenos.com · its alternatives →

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    Hypsum▲6

    The <HackerYou> themed placeholder text generator

    2015 · hypsum.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Lexical.io – A web app for reading English text▲9

    2016 · lexical.io · its alternatives →

22. 22IG
    Interactively generate text using the public OpenAI GPT-2 model▲9

    2019 · gpt2.apps.allenai.org · its alternatives →

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    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24MD
    Miki Desktop for Mac, an offline wiki for macOS▲7

    2021 · miki.mimix.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →