Alternatives

Products that do what MacDown does

Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.

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   Markoff▲94

   A free Markdown previewer for OS X

   2016

2. 2
   Typed▲104

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

   2014

3. 3LF
   LightPaper for Mac – Free Markdown editor▲132

   I'm not the author of the app (nor i have any connection with them, just a random user). iA Writer and Writer Pro aren't well suited for me as a developer. They feel quite "strange" to me. Mou is a good option (free too) but still missing some features. So far this, this editor is the most complete user-friendly. Hope it helps!

   2013 · clockworkengine.com

4. 4
   Typed▲256

   The stunning markdown and writing app for Mac

   2014

5. 5
   Markdown Editor▲126

   Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor

   2019

6. 6
   Caret▲265

   Beautiful and clever Markdown editor for Mac and PC

   2017

7. 7
   MarkdownX▲258

   A new markdown editor built for the TallStack

   2021

8. 8
   Snapdown▲137

   Turn anything on your Mac screen into clean Markdown

   Aug 2026 · snapdown.com.au

9. 9
   Markdown Preview▲211

   Markdown Editor with instant preview using GitHub CSS.

   2022

10. 10M
    Macdown▲87

    2014 · github.com

11. 11
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015

12. 12
    Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

    Turns websites into markdown

    2016

13. 13
    WordMark▲78

    A lightweight blog publishing editor for Markdown writers

    2016

14. 14
    OpenMarkdown▲189

    A markdown editor you and your agent co-edit

    Jul 2026 · openmarkdown.dev

15. 15
    DownMark▲184

    Turn web content into clean Markdown with one click

    2025

16. 16AM
    A modern macOS markdown editor (work in progress)▲9

    2018 · github.com

17. 17
    1Writer▲83

    Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features

    2014

18. 18
    Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83

    Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

    2017

19. 19
    Moeditor▲110

    All-purpose markdown editor built with Electron

    2016

20. 20
    MagicDown▲96

    A minimal markdown editor making your writing look magical ✨

    2018

21. 21
    Docbase▲110

    Render your markdown documentation into beautiful sites

    2016

22. 22MN
    Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown▲218

    2018 · github.com

23. 23
    Let's Markdown!▲81

    Write Markdown together

    2022

24. 24
    Downit▲74

    A super simple markdown editor

    2019

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