Alternative titles

• What Kind of MarkDown Editor Do I Want?

Criteria are the foundation of saying something valuable or not. Therefore, criteria go first.

What are the expected features?

• File-based instead of library-based
• Live preview instead of separate preview
  • Live preview for images

Applications

TextMate

• My
  • File-based
  • Live preview
    • No live preview for images
• https://github.com/textmate?q=markdown&type=all&language=&sort=
  • 3 results for all repositories matching markdown sorted by last updated
• https://macromates.com/
  • TextMate for macOS
  • Powerful and customizable text editor with support for a huge list of programming languages and developed as open source.

Abricotine

• My
  • File-based
  • Live preview
    • Live preview for images
  • However
    • Slow on macOS
    • Error with pop-out dialog when exiting the application
• https://github.com/brrd/abricotine
  • Markdown editor with inline preview
• https://abricotine.brrd.fr/
  • Abricotine is an open-source markdown editor built for desktop.
  • Abricotine supports markdown syntax combined with some GFM enhancements (such as tables).

Good references

• https://www.sitepoint.com/the-best-markdown-editors-for-mac/
  • 12 Text Editors with Markdown Support
    • Visual Studio Code
    • TextMate
    • Atom
  • 9 File-based Markdown Editors
    • Typora
    • MacDown
    • Haroopad
  • 8 Library-based Markdown Editors
    • Obsidian