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
- 12 Text Editors with Markdown Support