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Writedown is an open source markdown diary application launched in June 2023. It allows users to write and organize diary entries using markdown formatting. The tool is designed for developers and anyone who prefers… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Writedown - Open Source Markdown Diary launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A Markdown Notepad App▲57

   A markdown notepad app. Contribute to kenforthewin/noted development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines▲912

   2024 · markwhen.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Supernotes 2 – a fast, Markdown notes app for journalling and sharing▲251

   Hi HN – we first launched Supernotes[1] to HN in April 2020, and since then Tobias and I (it's just the two of us) have put in the work to make what we hope is an amazing note-taking app. Although the note-taking / personal knowledge management landscape is incredibly competitive at the moment (with lots of great apps adding great new features every day), we think that with the newly released Supernotes 2 we're keeping pace and delivering a unique and satisfying knowledge management experience. Here's the combination of features that make us stand out: - a powerful markdown-based…

   2022 · supernotes.app · its alternatives →

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   Write.md▲137

   Sharable, distraction free markdown editor.

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   Markdown New Tab▲94

   Write notes in Markdown directly in the 'New Tab' page

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown▲218

   🗒️ ⏰ ✅ Save notes in Markdown directly in the 'New Tab' page - plibither8/markdown-new-tab

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Dumbnote▲141

   Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.

   2025 · dumbnote.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)▲241

   An open source, markdown-based, self-hosted note taking webapp. - batnoter/batnoter

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9PA
   Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes▲291

   2016 · markdownsites.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SA
    Sundown – an alternative to Markdown▲121

    2017 · seyedi.org · its alternatives →

11. 11AD
    a distraction-free Markdown editor▲74

    2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.com · its alternatives →

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    Canvas for iOS▲307

    Write with your team, in realtime, using markdown

    2016 · 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 →

14. 14MU
    Markdown-UI – Write UI/UX with Markdown Syntax▲65

    2015 · jjuliano.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Markdown as web page/site▲83

    Markdown as Web Page/Site. Contribute to casualwriter/casual-markdown-page development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2024 · marker.pages.dev · its alternatives →

17. 17VA
    VNote, a fresh Markdown note-taking app▲80

    2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18WM
    Write.md – a shareable distraction-free Markdown editor▲105

    2020 · writemd.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Macdown▲87

    Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Contribute to MacDownApp/macdown development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS▲107

    A free, open-source Markdown editor for macOS with customizable appearance profiles, optional Vim keys, and local writing corrections.

    Aug 2026 · writemd.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 →

22. 22WA
    Writebin, an inline markdown editor▲67

    2014 · writebin.io · its alternatives →

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    Written Down▲77

    Your journal everywhere you go

    2017 · tinkerbuilt.com · its alternatives →

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    Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck▲124

    The Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck. - notable/notable

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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