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24 alternatives to HackMD
Get everyone on the same page with markdown
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HackMD launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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HackMD▲142Your Collaborative Markdown Workspace for Knowledge Sharing
2024 · hackmd.io · its alternatives →
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2012 · hackpad.com · its alternatives →
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showmd▲204Markdown was never meant to be previewed plain text
Apr 2026 · showmd.yetanother.one · its alternatives →
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PileMd is a Markdown note app. Beautiful Markdown Editor and Comfortable Notes
2016 · pilemd.com · its alternatives →
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A free, open-source Markdown editor for macOS with customizable appearance profiles, optional Vim keys, and local writing corrections.
Aug 2026 · writemd.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN – we first launched Supernotes[1] to HN in April 2020, and since then Tobias and I (it's just the two of us) have put in the work to make what we hope is an amazing note-taking app. Although the note-taking / personal knowledge management landscape is incredibly competitive at the moment (with lots of great apps adding great new features every day), we think that with the newly released Supernotes 2 we're keeping pace and delivering a unique and satisfying knowledge management experience. Here's the combination of features that make us stand out: - a powerful markdown-based…
2022 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →
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NotesHub 3.3▲135Fully cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.
2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →
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Dendron is a local-first, Markdown-based, hierarchical note taking tool. It is meant to help you create, organize, and collaborate on knowledge bases of any size.
2021 · wiki.dendron.so · its alternatives →
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NotesHub▲95Fully cross-platform, markdown based note-taking app
2021 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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2023 · writedown.app · its alternatives →
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HI Hacker News! I’m very excited to show you this project I have been working on, MarkdownSite.com. For folks who interact with the website, it is a web hosting platform where you can add your repository and have a website built from the `public/` directory. Files in `site/` with an `.md` extension are rendered from markdown to HTML, and the website is then available at a random subdomain. For folks that set up their own instance, it can also become a framework for customized building. The entire project is open source and I tried my best to document and explain the structure of…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OpenMarkdown▲189A feather-light, local-first Markdown editor built for you and your agent.
Jul 2026 · openmarkdown.dev · its alternatives →
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2020 · writemd.xyz · its alternatives →
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Bidirectionally sync Markdown files with Apple Notes. - shakedlokits/stash
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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