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24 alternatives to SMASHDOCs 2.0

A simple, easy-to-use web editor

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SMASHDOCs 2.0 launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Brackets 1.0▲190

   An open-source text editor for web designers by Adobe

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Draft.js▲166

   A framework for building rich text editors in React

   2016 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Blueprint▲203

   A React UI toolkit for the web

   2016 · blueprintjs.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Kinase▲159

   A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

   2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Jottings▲95

   Real-time collaboration in Markdown

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Impulse▲84

   Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web

   2014 · impulse.luster.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   smashgg▲82

   Grassroots esports tournament platform

   2017 · start.gg · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

   Turns websites into markdown

   2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   scrape-it▲186

   A Node.js scraper for humans.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ReactiveDoc▲93

    Create interactive documents with plain text

    2021 · reactivedoc.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Reapp▲89

    A new way to build hybrid apps with React, Webpack, and JS.

    2015 · reapp.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SeamlessDocs▲74

    Next Generation Form and eSignature Platform

    2014 · seamlessdocs.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Jam API▲116

    Parse web pages using CSS query selectors

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    AniJS▲87

    UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

    2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SlashDocs by Razorpay▲68

    Self-hosted collaboration layer for agent-written HTML

    8d ago · tryslashdocs.razorpay.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MK
    Metadocs, kinda like Reddit, but built into every documentation▲96

    Hi, I'm Ritinkar and I'm building metadocs, which is kind of like reddit built into every documentation ever. It's a chrome extension that allows discussion on any webpage to happen there itself. Currently I have built threaded comments, and a upvote/downvote system. Plus I've built this cool feature called Highlights, which lets you discuss specific lines in any documentation. As well as a feature called Top Hightlights, which shows the most interesting hightlights on any webpage. Hope you guys will try it out. And if you have any questions, feel free to ask me here. Thanks.

    2022 · metadocs8.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Squire▲123

    The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.

    2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Redactor▲84

    Flexible, extensible javascript WYSIWYG editor

    2014 · imperavi.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Mou▲73

    Markdown editor for web developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    CodePen▲109

    HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor in the browser.

    2014 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

21. 21SA
    Smash – a social page creator and publisher platform▲5

    2017 · smash-io.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    NW.js▲77

    A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

    2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    CotEditor▲102

    The free plain-text editor for OS X

    2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ru▲95

    Ru

    2020 · its alternatives →

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