MacDown Alternatives

Haroopad is a free and open-source markdown editor or document processor for creating web-friendly documents. The application gives you the same editing experience regardless of the platform you are working on. Haroopad is avalible for macOS, Linux and Windows.

Notable simple yet powerful Markdown editor that features multi-cursors, a minimap and best-in-class syntax highlighting.

iA Writer is an award-winning markdown editor available for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. iA Writer provides a minimal interface that is crafted to cut out noise. With iA Writer, It’s just you, your thoughts, and the words on the page. Abstracted away are powerful features such as focus mode, PDF preview and much more.

A markdown editor and reader that gives you a seamless reading and writing experience. Typora removes distractions by removing the markdown source code and syntax symbols with its mode switcher and preview mode. The application supports tables, code fences with syntax highlight, LaTeX and Table of Contents and can be customized at will with custom CSS theme support.

Zettlr is a web-based MarkDown editor built for the 21st century. As writing has become an essential part of our everyday life, Zettlr has made it its mission to redefine what writing means. The slim, fast, and versatile MarkDown editor let's you focus on whats important, to write and publish.

Bear is a beautiful, flexible writing application for crafting notes and prose. The app is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac and is quick and easy to reach for when inspiration strikes. Writers, lawyers, chefs, teachers, engineers, students, parents, and more use Bear to take notes and write. Bear provides an advanced markup editor with support syntax highlighting for over 150 programming languages and support for Markdown. The editor also allow for rich previews during the time of writing so that you can see the actual prose, not code. Each note can be individually encrypted and the application itself can be locked and opened with Face or Touch ID allowing you to protect sensitive information. Bear is available for free, while also providing premium feature via a subscription-based Pro version.