The Markdown Handbook

“Dictionary, define perpetual”: Answer: Lasting forever; never-ending.

Edmund is a free and open source markdown editor that takes a less-is-more approach to its design – iA Writer without the price tag An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Web editor Kraa has updated to, well, I don’t know.

Apple pundit and creator of markdown, John Gruber, said: The way I think about running an agentic AI on my Mac is simple.

Notes Better is a free markdown editor with a one-off paid upgrade An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Free and open source, Plainva’s big release included adding email to its bag of tricks This is the ‘best of’ the markdown editors1, 2, 3 to have appeared in the Markdown Link series of posts.

From a post by Joan Westenberg in 2025: Two nights ago, I deleted everything.

Zettlr 4.8.0: First… Zettlr finally supports admonitions.

Octopus Ink is a free and open source markdown editor An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

How to fix Obsidian’s ‘Indexing vault…’ issue I’m not saying what follows is the solution to the problem of Obsidian’s interminable ‘Indexing vault…’ message on iOS, but it’s the best – make that the only one – I have come across.

Margin is a markdown editor that puts control over the look of your notes firmly in your own hands.

Capture anything in Lemonize and send it anywhere, including Obsidian Lemonize 1.3 is a free app for macOS (first 20 captures are on the house) with the option to upgrade if you’re enjoying the experience.

Knap turns data into markdown Obsidian CEO Steph Ango, also known as Kepano on Mastodon, has created Knap, a new language that turns data into markdown.

Inkwell is a free and open source markdown editor Inkwell, the free and open-source markdown editor, has released a major update (0.7.8).

Tolaria is a free and open source markdown editor An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

SoloMD is a free and open source markdown editor An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

hVmark is a tiny, opinionated markup language made by PJM in Chicago, with strict syntax and zero bloat.

Plainva, the free and open source markdown editor first introduced in this site’s review, has updated to v0.8.0.

Pellet is a markdown editor that includes a calendar and tasks An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

In The Markdown Database Pattern, Rufus Pollock lets us in on an open secret: how Obsidian’s (or Notion’s) bases work.

HelixNotes, the free and open-source, markdown editor first covered on this site in Markdown Link no. 4, has updated to v1.3.5.

Autype, first covered in Markdown Link no. 16, has been updated.

Plainva is a free and open source markdown editor, but it also brings your tasks, calendar and email under one umbrella Plainva does markdown, with wiki links and call outs, etc.

Wander is a free app available for macOS and iOS An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Downright is a free and open source markdown editor An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

OpenMarkdown is a single-pane markdown editor An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Zed: a ‘next-generation’ code editor An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

SiYuan, a personal knowledge management system, supports markdown An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Cogito is not simply a markdown editor, it’s a native markdown editor built for macOS From the moment you start up Cogito, you know you’re in for something extraordinary.

V2editor: a local-first markdown editor with version control An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Markdown Mate claims to create an Obsidian-like experience An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Scratch is free and open source.

Obsidian allows you to open two documents side by side, one for your note, one for reference or research An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Marka is a free, open-source markdown editor available for macOS, Linux and Windows An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Clearly, the markdown editor, is limited by font choice and the editor width is narrow, medium and wide, but it’s not a bad start, especially for a free app As a former (production) journalist, still doing the occasional work, I have been used to dealing…

Neon Vision Editor is a free markdown and coding editor that covers more than 30 languages An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Caret is an open source markdown editor with a novel way to access settings An occasional post1 from The Markdown Handbook.

Affine, the knowledge management app, makes a decent job of presenting your markdown documents.

Markdown, as you’ll see below, is an easy mark-up language to learn.

Bean is a word processor rather than a markdown editor, but with a few careful adjustments to the settings you can give it that ‘plain text look’ An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Upnote is a competitively priced markdown editor that offers a lifetime licence An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Nota: with a handful of exceptions, this is the best markdown editor I have come across An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Clearly has some great features, but there are a number of minor issues that deter me from ditching my current editor An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Markpad: the equivalent of Notepad in markdown An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Despite the dated look of its website, Nisus Writer Pro is a step up from MS Word An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Markset is a macOS utility that first renders a markdown file in Finder’s QuickLook preview and then allows you to export it as a typeset PDF An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

Qownnotes could be among the best markdown editors if you can overlook the fact that it has so many settings An occasional post from The Markdown Handbook.

MarkText could be the perfect markdown editor, but will we ever see its full potential?

Pencel’s interface is clutter-free, designed for those who need to concentrate on their writing.

Verso is a minimalist editor for macOS.