Caret – Better Markdown Editor for the Desktop
Caret is a Markdown editor that stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.
Caret – Better Markdown Editor for the Desktop launched on November 18, 2015 with 59 votes, #1,450 of 4,110 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Caret is a Markdown editor available for Mac, Windows, and Linux that prioritizes a clean interface and attention to detail. It includes features for formatting tables, lists, links, emphasis, and code fences, plus a sidebar for file management and navigation by headings. The editor supports tabbed file handling, filtering, previewing, and quick file switching, making it suitable for users who work with Markdown documents regularly.
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From the sources
Caret is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux. It stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail. We built the editor from scratch to make sure that we'll always have the flexibility to implement the features that we want at the high quality that we aim for. Here are some of the features that we've implemented so far: Helps with tables, lists, html, fences, links, emphasis, etc. The sidebar helps you work with files and headings. It lets you filter / preview / move / rename / delete files, open files in tabs, quickly switch from one file to the next, view the headings in the current file and a lot more. The "Go To" tools in Caret allow…from caret.io
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