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Awesome Markdown Editors & (Pre)viewers

A collection of awesome markdown editors and (pre)viewers for Linux, Apple OS X, Microsoft Windows, the World Wide Web and more.

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Markdown Online Editors

Minimalist Online Markdown Editor (web: markdown.pioul.fr, github: pioul/Minimalist-Online-Markdown-Editor)

StackEdit (web: stackedit.io, github: benweet/stackedit)

Markdown Note (web: writekit.github.io/markdown.note/note.html, github: writekit/markdown.note) - another simple single HTML page, server-less Markdown editor in JavaScript

Markdown Desktop Editors

Universal

Atom

Markdown Preview - to be done

Visual Studio Code

to be done

Linux

Retext (github wiki: retext-project/retext, github: retext-project/retext) - ReText is a simple but powerful editor for markdown and reStructuredText markup languages. ReText is written in Python language and works on Linux and other POSIX-compatible platforms.

uText (web: atareao.es/tag/utext, ubuntu apps: utext) - uText is a very simple editor for Markdown. uText supports live text preview and syntax highlighting. Supported export formats: HTML, ODT, PDF.

Remarkable (web: remarkableapp.github.io) - markdown editor for Linux and Windows

UberWriter (web: uberwriter.wolfvollprecht.de, ubuntu apps: uberwriter) - UberWriter, beautiful distraction free writing. With UberWriter you get only one thing: An empty textbox, that is to fill with your ideas. There are no settings, you don't have to choose a font, it is only for writing. You can use markdown for all your markup needs. PDF, RTF and HTML are generated via pandoc.

MarkMyWords (github: voldyman/MarkMyWords) - a minimal markdown editor

ghostwriter (github: wereturtle/ghostwriter) - ghostwriter is a Linux and Windows Markdown editor and provides a relaxing, distraction-free writing environment with many features.

Microsoft Windows

WriteMonkey (web: writemonkey.com) - full screen distraction free creative writing; no whistles and bells, just empty screen, you and your words; WriteMonkey is light, fast, and free

ghostwriter (github: wereturtle/ghostwriter)

Apple Mac OS X

MacDown (web: macdown.uranusjr.com) - open source Markdown editor inspired by Mou, with live preview of extended markdown syntaxes

Meta

License

The awesome list is dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

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