Caret
Beautiful and clever Markdown editor for Mac and PC
Caret launched on April 19, 2017 with 265 votes, #88 of 3,007 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
Caret is a Markdown editor available for Mac, Windows, and Linux that emphasizes clean design and thoughtful functionality. It's built for writers and content creators who work with Markdown formatting. The editor combines an intuitive interface with features that make writing and organizing text files straightforward, making it suitable for anyone from casual note-takers to professional writers managing documentation or blog content.
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From the sources
Caret is a Markdown editor that stands out with its clean interface, productivity features and obsessive attention to detail.
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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