Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Markly

A calm, native Markdown editor for your folders

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   MarkRight▲84

   A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fulvid▲86

   A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

   13d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   MuM▲93

   A reading-first Markdown engine for macOS

   5d ago · mum.jiker.ai · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Paragraph Notes▲155

   A private Markdown notes app for Mac

   25d ago · paragraphnotes.md · its alternatives →

5. 5
   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 →

6. 6
   Remarkable▲82

   a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83

   Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

   2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Jottings▲95

   Real-time collaboration in Markdown

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Markably▲78

   Cross-platform Markdown editor

   2020 · markably.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

    Turns websites into markdown

    2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Markoff▲94

    A free Markdown previewer for OS X

    2016 · thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    1Writer▲83

    Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features

    2014 · 1writerapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    WordMark▲78

    A lightweight blog publishing editor for Markdown writers

    2016 · wordmarkapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mou▲73

    Markdown editor for web developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    JotDown▲81

    A Markdown editor with built-in productivity functions

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ghostwriter▲5

    A distraction-free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux

    2016 · wereturtle.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    MacDown▲115

    Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.

    2014 · macdown.uranusjr.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AM
    Advanced Markdown Editor for Standard Notes▲5

    2017 · standardnotes.org · its alternatives →

20. 20NA
    Notedown – a beautiful, offline markdown editor for the web▲7

    2020 · notedown.vasanthv.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Let's Markdown!▲81

    Write Markdown together

    2022 · kudasakti168login.com · its alternatives →

22. 22GA
    Gote – a CLI note-taking management tool for plain Markdown▲6

    25d ago · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Macaw▲90

    A simple code editor for Swift

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Markdown Editor For Notion Lovers▲80

    A clean Markdown editor with a smooth, block-based UX

    Apr 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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