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24 alternatives to Markdownify

A minimal Markdown editor desktop app based on Electron

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

1MA
Markdownify - A minimal Markdown editor desktop app based on Electron▲6
A blog on PHP, JavaScript, and more
2016 · amitmerchant.com · its alternatives →
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Markdownify▲80
A markdown editor in your browser
2021 · markdownify.vercel.app · 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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Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83
Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.
2017 · standardnotes.org · 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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Downit▲74
A super simple markdown editor
2019 · downit.app · its alternatives →
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EME▲92
Elegant Markdown editor
2016 · its alternatives →
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MacDown▲115
Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.
2014 · macdown.uranusjr.com · its alternatives →
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Copy as Markdown▲302
Convert text to markdown for LLMs like ChatGPT
2025 · copyasmarkdown.com · its alternatives →
10
A user-friendly UI for viewing and editing Markdown files▲269
2024 · marker.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121
Turns websites into markdown
2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →
12AD
a distraction-free Markdown editor▲74
2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.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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Markably▲78
Cross-platform Markdown editor
2020 · markably.io · its alternatives →
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Let's Markdown!▲81
Write Markdown together
2022 · kudasakti168login.com · its alternatives →
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Markvis▲118
Make visualization in markdown.
2017 · markvis.js.org · its alternatives →
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Textual Markdown – a Markdown “browser” in the terminal▲254
Hi HN, This is a TUI app which displays interactive Markdown documents. Interactive in the sense that you can scroll code fences / tables / and click links. There's a Table of Contents extracted from the MD, and a very rudimentary browser like forward + back. I'm thinking it could be the starting point for a variety of hypertext like applications in the terminal. Very much a work in progress.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ReadmeStack▲99
Free Markdown web editor synchronized with GitHub
2023 · its alternatives →
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Markdownify▲4
From webpage to Markdown.
Jun 2026 · markdownify-monorepo.vercel.app · its alternatives →
20MU
Markdown-UI – Write UI/UX with Markdown Syntax▲65
2015 · jjuliano.github.io · its alternatives →
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Jottings▲95
Real-time collaboration in Markdown
2016 · its alternatives →
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Notedown▲80
A beautiful, offline markdown editor for the web
2020 · its alternatives →
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Marked QL▲159
Instant markdown previews in Finder
Jul 2026 · markedapp.com · its alternatives →
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1Writer▲83
Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features
2014 · 1writerapp.com · its alternatives →

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