Mark Text
Real-time preview Markdown editor for the desktop
Mark Text is an open-source Markdown editor that offers a clean, distraction-free real-time preview writing experience. It supports CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown and exports to several document formats.
Key features
- Real-time preview
- GitHub Flavored Markdown
- Cross-platform desktop
- Export to PDF and HTML
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Clean distraction-free UI
- Real-time preview
- Free and cross-platform
Trade-offs
- Infrequent releases lately
- Electron memory footprint
Mark Text replaces
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