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24 alternatives to WYSIWYG-editing Markdown with Hallo Editor
Hallo Editor is a WYSIWYG markdown editor launched in 2012. It allows users to write and format content visually while working with markdown syntax. The editor is designed for people who want the simplicity of markdown… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WYSIWYG-editing Markdown with Hallo Editor launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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 →
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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 →
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2024 · markwhen.com · its alternatives →
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Markdown Editor▲126Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor
2019 · mdown.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Hi all! TikZ is a widely-used LaTeX package for drawing figures in papers. It uses commands like \draw[->] (0,0) -- (1,2); to draw lines, shapes, text, etc. Academics usually code up their figures by hand, so there is lots of twiddling around with the coordinates and recompiling until things look nice. I guess it’s a bit like SVG, but it’s more code than markup, for example it has loops with \foreach. I built an open-source WYSIWYG TikZ editor (available for web and desktop) that allows you to edit your TikZ source code visually by dragging and resizing elements. It simultaneously shows the…
Jun 2026 · tikz.dev · its alternatives →
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Flowbite WYSIWYG▲349Open-source text editor with Tailwind CSS
2024 · flowbite.com · its alternatives →
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A clean Markdown editor with a smooth, block-based UX
Apr 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Our Markdown-based WYSIWYG editor for composing blog posts
2022 · hashnode.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · pencil.asleepysamurai.com · its alternatives →
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📝Rich Text / WYSIWYG Editor built for Modularity and Extensibility. - CannerCMS/canner-slate-editor
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HTML Editor▲187Create HTML snippets with a simple WYSIWYG editor
2017 · htmleditor.io · its alternatives →
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iOS and macOS native markdown editor with live preview
2021 · eightysix.github.io · its alternatives →
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Open source rich text editor for the modern web. Contribute to Voog/wysihtml development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Typed▲104New Markdown Editor for Mac by Realmac Software (pre-launch)
2014 · realmacsoftware.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · bevacqua.github.io · its alternatives →
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2015 · jjuliano.github.io · its alternatives →
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