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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- HackMD
Shared Markdown notes and docs that a team and its AI agents can write and edit together in real time.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Developers
- Typora
A desktop Markdown editor that hides the syntax and shows formatted text as you type, sold for a one-off fee.
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Creators and writers
- HedgeDoc
Self-hosted markdown editor where teams write notes, diagrams and slides together in real time.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Quillite Markdown
A desktop Markdown editor with live rendering, formula and chart templates, optional AI help and export to 12 formats.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Textus
Free open-source Markdown editor for Mac, Windows and Linux with a built-in AI writing helper.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Marble
A free web Markdown editor for writing and sharing notes, with real-time collaboration, diagrams, math and PDF export.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OpenMarkdown
A quick-starting desktop editor for plain Markdown files that you can also hand to coding agents for writing prompts.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Downright
A native Mac app to read and edit Markdown files, preview them in Finder and review changes made by coding agents.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Kite
A Mac app that shows Markdown files formatted in Finder Quick Look and lets you edit them in place, sold for a single payment.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Edmund
A free native Mac editor for Markdown files that shows formatting in line as you type and works with plain files on disk.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- cyberWriter
Note app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps a folder of Markdown files linked with wikilinks, backlinks and a graph, plus PDF export.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Sarala
Desktop Markdown editor that shows the formatted page as you type, with diagrams, math and an optional AI helper.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Writer
A small, fast Mac app for writing and browsing markdown notes stored in your own folders.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- writui
Quiet Markdown writing app that runs in the terminal and keeps your drafts in a local encrypted vault.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Write.md
Mac Markdown editor for writers who want to adjust fonts, colours and backgrounds, with optional Vim keys.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Markpad
A light tabbed markdown editor and viewer for the desktop with live preview, maths, diagrams and Vim keys.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- GitWriter
iPhone Markdown editor for writers that saves and versions their files in GitHub repositories.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Creators and writers
- AnnexEdit
A native Mac Markdown editor with themes, templates and PDF or DOCX export, bought once with no subscription.
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Mdit
A minimal markdown note editor that saves plain files on your computer, with optional AI help using your own key.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- plumio
A markdown notes app you run in one Docker container, with multiple organisations, themes and no tracking.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- JustMD
Free Mac editor for Markdown files that shows syntax only on the line you are editing.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Markdown Buddy
A Mac app for previewing and editing Markdown, with a folder tree, broken link checks, Finder previews and Word or PDF import.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Caret
Desktop Markdown editor with autocomplete, multiple cursors and quick file jumping.
Since 2015
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- AutEng Docs
A writing space for engineers to draft technical docs with Markdown, Mermaid diagrams and math, with AI help on specs.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers