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24 alternatives to Mou

Markdown editor for web developers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mou launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   MacDown▲115

   Open source Markdown editor for OS X influenced by Mou.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

   Turns websites into markdown

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Jottings▲95

   Real-time collaboration in Markdown

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4AO
   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 →

5. 5
   1Writer▲83

   Beautiful & easy to use Markdown editor w/ powerful features

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6AD
   a distraction-free Markdown editor▲74

   2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MarkRight▲84

   A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   EME▲92

   Elegant Markdown editor

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Couscous▲90

   Turn Markdown documentation into beautiful websites

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Katib▲99

    A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Let's Markdown!▲81

    Write Markdown together

    2022 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Markoff▲94

    A free Markdown previewer for OS X

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    JotDown▲81

    A Markdown editor with built-in productivity functions

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Typed▲104

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

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15CB
    Caret – Better Markdown Editor for the Desktop▲59

    2015 · caret.io · its alternatives →

16. 16ME
    MarkRight – Electron-powered GitHub-flavored Markdown editor▲57

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17LF
    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 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Collaborative Markdown Editor▲83

    Collaborative editor with end-to-end encryption.

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Remarkable▲82

    a JavaScript Markdown and Commonmark parser

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20DM
    Devpen – Markdown Editor with GitHub Style▲70

    2018 · devpen.io · its alternatives →

21. 21NE
    Notepag.es - Markdown/LaTeX editor for quick technical documents.▲100

    2011 · notepag.es · its alternatives →

22. 22
    WordMark▲78

    A lightweight blog publishing editor for Markdown writers

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23NM
    New markup language for fans of Haml and Markdown▲64

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Markdown Preview▲211

    Markdown Editor with instant preview using GitHub CSS.

    2022 · its alternatives →

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