Alternatives

Products that do what TextPack does

Convert plain text into formatted PDFs on your Mac.

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   PDFify▲230

   Free macOS text recognition, PDF composition & compression

   2018

2. 2
   Textify▲202

   macOS app to recognize text from your images/docs with OCR

   2020

3. 3
   Pure Paste▲164

   Paste as plain text by default

   2022

4. 4
   Snipit - Ultimate OCR app for Mac▲131

   Effortless image to text conversion for Mac

   2024

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   showmd▲204

   Markdown was never meant to be previewed plain text

   Apr 2026 · showmd.yetanother.one

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   Plain Clip▲135

   Remove the formatting from copied text.

   2016

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   Typ▲73

   Turn plain Markdown into a formatted PDF, ready for print.

   2019

8. 8
   TextBuddy for macOS▲116

   A Swiss Army knife for plain text.

   2021

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   Creative Convert▲110

   Convert a lot of files into graphic files: PDF, Adobe & more

   2020

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    Tasks.txt▲147

    Plain text task manager for macOS

    Jul 2026 · taskstxt.app

11. 11
    Plain Text List▲133

    Easily copy and paste-able lists for all your needs

    2018

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    Scanlt▲103

    PDF & document scanner, ads-free, smart PDF converter

    2024

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    Markdown to PDF▲124

    Super simple way to get your markdown files to PDF

    2016

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    Markdown to PDF▲24

    Convert PDFs to clean Markdown in your browser.

    2025 · pdftomarkdown.fyi

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    PDFToolkit for Mac▲85

    PDF merger, splitter, compressor and image + text extractor

    2015

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    Text Capture▲96

    Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS

    2024

17. 17SD
    Scan documents and convert them to PDF with just JavaScript▲51

    2023 · github.com

18. 18
    Text2PDF▲2

    Text to PDF or PDF to Text Converter

    Feb 2026 · text2pdf.in

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    Free Text Convert▲3

    Free text & PDF tools that never upload your files

    Jun 2026 · freetextconvert.com

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    PDF to text▲8

    Chrome Extension Launch

    Oct 2025

21. 21OM
    Offline macOS app to convert Markdown documents▲6

    Hi HN, I've just launched DocFlex, an offline macOS app that converts Markdown documents into over 30 formats like PDF, HTML, EPUB, LaTeX, and more. Why I built it: As someone who frequently works with Markdown, I found it cumbersome to convert documents into different formats, especially when dealing with multiple files. Online converters weren't ideal due to privacy concerns and the need for an internet connection. So, I created DocFlex to make the process seamless and entirely offline. Key Features: 100% Offline: All conversions happen locally on your machine. Your documents are never…

    2024 · docflex.app

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    Plain Text Converter▲2

    This tool convers messy text into plain text.

    Jun 2026 · plaintextgeneration.com

23. 23CP
    Convert plain text to formatted documents with one click▲6

    The title says it all really, it's quite a simple system that takes plain text and formats it nicely based on templates and outputs the result to a PDF in one click. It's currently free and easy to test directly from my site's front page. I developed it because I was job hunting and giving ChatGPT the job description and my resume and asking for it to rejig my resume to better fit the job. I then needed to format the result each time and thought there had to be a better, automated, way. I couldn't find anything that just formatted text at the click of a button - outside of the usual markdown…

    2024 · formatmagic.ai

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    Markdown to PDF▲8

    Convert md files to professional pdfs

    Sep 2025

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