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24 alternatives to Markwhen

VS Code extension for markdown-like calendars and timelines

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Markwhen launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines▲912

   2024 · markwhen.com · its alternatives →

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   Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines▲327

   I've been working on markwhen for a bit as a way to create timelines and calendars from plain text, like markdown. I personally like tools that let you immediately start using them, and I set out to do that here with markwhen. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

   2023 · app.markwhen.com · its alternatives →

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   Markwhen▲159

   Markdown for timelines

   2022 · meridiem.markwhen.com · its alternatives →

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   Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines▲59

   Make a cascading timeline from markdown-like text. Supports simple American/European date styles, ISO8601, images, links, locations, and more. - mark-when/markwhen

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Create a timeline from Markdown-like text▲57

   Make a cascading timeline from markdown-like text. Supports simple American/European date styles, ISO8601, images, links, locations, and more. - mark-when/markwhen

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Cascade.page▲83

   Create timelines from markdown-like text

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   OverType – A Markdown WYSIWYG editor that's just a textarea▲471

   Hi HN! I got so frustrated with modern WYSIWYG editors that I started to play around with building my own. The problem I had was simple: I wanted a low-tech way to type styled text, but I didn't want to load a complex 500KB library, especially if I was going to initialize it dozens of times on the same page. Markdown in a plain was the best alternative to a full WYSIWYG, but its main drawback is how ugly it looks without any formatting. I can handle it, but my clients certainly can't. I went down the ContentEditable rabbit hole for a few years, but always came to realize others had solved it…

   2025 · its alternatives →

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   Markvis▲118

   Make visualization in markdown.

   2017 · markvis.js.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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    Excel-like table editing for Markdown▲246

    The intention of Markdown is to minimise the formatting burden while writing and keep the content as plaintext for easy to read and share. But, when it comes to tables, things are a bit embarrassing. In nature, tables are structured into rows and columns and heavily depend on the format to visually

    2020 · blog.documentnode.io · its alternatives →

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    Cascade Timeline Maker▲72

    Create cascading timelines from markdown-like text

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    A user-friendly UI for viewing and editing Markdown files▲269

    2024 · marker.pages.dev · 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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    100 Days of Code VS Code Extension▲105

    A VS Code extension to track your 100 Days of Code progress.

    2020 · antenna.dev · its alternatives →

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    Markdown-UI – Write UI/UX with Markdown Syntax▲65

    2015 · jjuliano.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Sundown – an alternative to Markdown▲121

    2017 · seyedi.org · its alternatives →

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    Markdown for Microsoft Word▲59

    Work with markdown in Microsoft Word. In app and online

    2021 · appsource.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

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    Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary▲99

    2023 · writedown.app · its alternatives →

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    Markdown page – Create a web page with just markdown▲169

    📝 create a webpage with just markdown. Contribute to oscarmorrison/md-page development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    VNote▲78

    A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown

    2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Markdown Editor▲126

    Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor

    2019 · mdown.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    VSCheatsheet▲132

    Shortcuts in the shortest time possible

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    TickTick Markdown▲82

    To-do list and task manager now supporting Markdown.

    2019 · ticktick.com · its alternatives →

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    Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting▲118

    Use Markdown and React to build rich content websites. Documentation, tutorials, blogs, videos, interactive walkthroughs, and more.

    2021 · codehike.org · its alternatives →

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