Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Paperditor – free Markdown editor

A clean Markdown editor that renders as you type

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

1
Moeditor▲110
All-purpose markdown editor built with Electron
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
2PL
Paperman – LaTeX editor with a Markdown feel▲120
2014 · paperman.patricklorio.com · its alternatives →
3
Paperr▲268
An elegant writing tool for web
2015 · its alternatives →
4AD
a distraction-free Markdown editor▲74
2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.com · its alternatives →
5
Typora▲236
A truly minimal markdown editor.
2019 · typora.io · its alternatives →
6
Markdit▲61
Online markdown editor for publishing documents seamlessly
2022 · markdit.com · its alternatives →
7
Markdown Editor For Notion Lovers▲80
A clean Markdown editor with a smooth, block-based UX
Apr 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
8
Eraser▲295
A whiteboard that lets you focus on ideas
2021 · eraser.io · its alternatives →
9OA
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 →
10
Caret▲265
Beautiful and clever Markdown editor for Mac and PC
2017 · caret.io · its alternatives →
11
MarkdownX▲258
A new markdown editor built for the TallStack
2021 · devdojo.com · its alternatives →
12
Write.md▲137
Sharable, distraction free markdown editor.
2020 · its alternatives →
13
Macdown▲87
Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Contribute to MacDownApp/macdown development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
CotEditor▲102
The free plain-text editor for OS X
2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →
15
Markdown Editor▲126
Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor
2019 · mdown.vercel.app · its alternatives →
16
OpenMarkdown▲189
A feather-light, local-first Markdown editor built for you and your agent.
Jul 2026 · openmarkdown.dev · its alternatives →
17
Markdown Preview▲211
Markdown Editor with instant preview using GitHub CSS.
2022 · freecodetools.org · its alternatives →
18
TOAST UI Editor▲119
Markdown WYSIWYG editor
2018 · its alternatives →
19
MarkTwo▲71
A seamless, speedy, syncing markdown editor
2020 · marktwo.app · its alternatives →
20LF
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 →
21
Downit▲74
A super simple markdown editor
2019 · downit.app · its alternatives →
22WM
Write.md – a shareable distraction-free Markdown editor▲105
2020 · writemd.xyz · its alternatives →
23
Markdown Studio▲126
Markdown editor built for the AI workflow era
Dec 2025 · mdstudio.app · its alternatives →
24
Markably▲78
Cross-platform Markdown editor
2020 · markably.io · its alternatives →

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