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24 alternatives to Jottings

Real-time collaboration in Markdown

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Jottings launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   JotDown▲81

   A Markdown editor with built-in productivity functions

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

   Turns websites into markdown

   2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Markdoc▲84

   A shared Markdown editor for people and their agents

   14d ago · markdoc.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Mou▲73

   Markdown editor for web developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83

   Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

   2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Typewrite▲103

   Real-time collaborative writing

   2014 · typewrite.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   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 →

8. 8
   Paragraph Notes▲155

   A private Markdown notes app for Mac

   Sep 2026 · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →

9. 9
   MuM▲93

   A reading-first Markdown engine for macOS

   23d ago · mum.jiker.ai · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Remarkable▲82

    a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Let's Markdown!▲81

    Write Markdown together

    2022 · kudasakti168login.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Markly▲64

    A calm, native Markdown editor for your folders

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

14. 14
    EME▲92

    Elegant Markdown editor

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Contentify▲70

    a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

    2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Editorially▲95

    Collaborative writing tool

    2013 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hi▲62

    A real-time writing community.

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Collaborate on Slides▲99

    Shared editing and per-slide feedback on presentations

    2016 · slides.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    A WYSIWYM Markdown editor and brainstorming tool on the web▲5

    Minimal yet powerful writing app

    2022 · wrighter.vercel.app · its alternatives →

21. 21
    FocusWrite▲115

    A local-first writing app with focus modes.

    11d ago · focuswrite.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    1Writer▲83

    Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features

    2014 · 1writerapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    WordMark▲78

    A lightweight blog publishing editor for Markdown writers

    2016 · wordmarkapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PostScripting▲111

    Proofreading and editing done right

    2015 · postscripting.net · its alternatives →

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