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What is the best online Markdown editor?

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Best online Markdown editor	Price	Platforms	Export
65 hackmd.io	0	-	-
-- StackEdit	Free	MacOS, Linux, Windows	Text, HTML, PDF
-- Inkdrop	4.99	macOS,Windows,Linux,iOS,Android	HTML, Markdown
-- StackEditPro	FREE	Window / Mac / Linux / Android / iOS	Text / Markdown / PDF / HTML
-- CodiMD	0	Any platform with a browser, CLI also available	HTML, PDF, ZIP

hackmd.io

Top Pro

Collaborative

Allows multiple people to edit the same note in realtime. See More

Top Con

Custom grammar and spell checker

It does not work well in French (and probably other languages). See More

Arthur Masson's Experience

Very nice tool with many advantages : Collaborative with permissions Pretty light Fully featured (math support, tables, slide show, etc.) With a few drawbacks: Tries to be smart (it guesses what you want to do and tries to help, often in a wrong and annoying way, for example it when working with list items) whereas Markdown was built to solve those problems (you format yourself with simple codes and it just works), Custom grammar and spell checker which does not work well in languages other than english (it does not work with French) Servers can be slow / down for a few seconds preventing from working on the documents currently being edited (quite anoying) / problem with online / offline switching See More

Top Pro

Automatic "table of content"

Automatically generates a "table of content" of your headlines. See More

Top Con

Not as beautiful as StackEdit

pn0's Experience

HackMD delivers a solid experience. It's beautiful. It's viewing and publishing options are done really well. And it has nice, simple, but powerful permissions settings (even more refined in the enterprise edition). I like the "publish" feature, but it also has a nice breadth of import and export options. Other nice-to-have: Their history page listing only has a tile view. A list view would be welcome. Note: HackMD defaults to "hard-wrapping rules" for line breaks. You can change this with a smidgen of yaml at the top of your markdown file. I would prefer to see this as a setting within the application, to be honest. Missing feature: Your can export to html, and it does a nice job. You can export to "raw html" and it fouls up certain characters mysteriously (bug). And you can export to ODF (experimental right now), and of course export the MD. But you can't export to PDF. And that is an annoying missing feature. Maybe that will be offered with their enterprise version at some point, I don't know. Some of the special, now-conformant markdown is actually nice, like :::info blocks and ###### tags: etc. See More

Top Pro

Supports revisions

Allows you to go back in time to a previous version of your document. See More

Top Con

Cannot organize notes

Doesn't have the ability to organize notes or create notebooks. See More

IntelligentAbyzou's Experience

Clean and clear interface. Good for synchronizing with GitHub. See More

Top Pro

Edit and view-only permission settings

Note: Enterprise Edition has even more refined permissions, but the permissions in the non-enterprise edition are pretty powerful. See More

Top Con

Slow servers / problem with online / offline switching

Servers can be slow / down for a few seconds preventing from working on the documents currently being edited. See More

ReverentTellervo's Experience

Free, stable and feature-rich See More

Top Pro

Shortcuts from Sublime Text, Emacs, and Vim

Top Con

No PDF export support

StudiousDaichinTengri's Experience

20 Pushes before pro. Useless for a multi device sync unless you want to pay. Cartoon like UI with massive fonts. See More

Top Pro

Tag support

This is truly helpful for organizing your documents. See More

Top Con

Tries to be smart

It guesses what you want to do and tries to help, often in a wrong and annoying way, for example it when working with list items. Ironically Markdown was built to solve those problems (you format yourself with simple codes and it just works). See More

Top Pro

Can create slide-shows

Supports creating slide-shows in markdown. See More

Top Pro

Online

It's multi-platform (works well on smartphones) and there is no need to install anything. See More

Top Pro

Math support

Use LaTeX seamlessly within the editor. See More

Top Pro

Dark and white theme

Perfect for working at night. See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

Top Pro

Book mode view

This is really helpful for longer documents. Or even "books." This is also super helpful for journaling activities and the like. See More

Top Pro

Available as a web service

HackMD service can be downloaded and installed in custom servers. See More

Top Pro

Cross platform

Is available as desktop app. See More

Top Pro

Dropbox import and export

Top Pro

Extended markdown syntax

Adds supports for embeddings from Youtube, Vimeo, Speakerdeck, GitHub gist etc; and even creating UML diagrams, Graphviz graphs, Timing charts, and even Music notes! and alerts and comments boxes and emojis. See More

Top Pro

Open source

HackMD Core's source is available on GitHub. See More

Top Pro

Free

You can subscribe to it for more features. See More

Top Pro

Github Gist import and export

People who subscribe can push and pull unlimited. See More

Top Pro

Google Drive import and export

StackEdit

Top Con

Not being developed

The developer has not logged into the community site for over a year. Issue tickets get no attention. See More

Top Pro

Real-time preview

The preview shows in a collapsible pane on the right hand side. See More

LoveableFrigg's Experience

Specs

Platforms:MacOS, Linux, Windows

Export:Text, HTML, PDF

Sync:Dropbox, Drive

Preview:Live Preview

Top Con

Buggy

Top Pro

Supports multiple markdown flavors

Supports standard Markdown and Markdown Extra. See More

ImmaculateAtira's Experience

Works great for an online markdown IDE. I've been searching for something like this since I take notes in MD and have been using text files served to a local browser - then a browser extension to show the markdown formatting. This saves me all the trouble. As a bonus, it works with my Github/Gitlab repos and Google Drive as well. A++ See More

Top Con

Publishing to GitHub requires giving write access to repos

Top Pro

Can sync with git repos

ResoluteHatmehit's Experience

Wouldn't load .md files from Dropbox subfolder See More

Top Con

Saves files in browser's local storage

Local storage is limited and if the browser crashes the text can be lost. See More

Top Pro

Works online and offline

StackEdit works within your browser. You need internet access to connect to the website, but once it's loaded, the site does not require an internet connection - you will be able to edit and save files locally. Additionally, you can use Fluid to turn it into a native desktop application. See More

Top Pro

Syncs scrolls between Markdown and preview

Top Pro

Great when in full-screen

Top Pro

Various publishing options

Top Pro

Multiple export options

Can export to .txt, .html and .pdf. See More

Top Pro

Syncs via Dropbox and Drive

Files can be synchronized through Dropbox and Drive. See More

Top Pro

Instant publishing

StackEdit allows pushing a document directly to a list of publishing or file storage platforms or any SSH server. See More

Top Pro

No need to install additional software

StackEdit works directly from the browser, there's no need to install additional software as long as you have a web browser installed on your computer. See More

Top Pro

Allows editing multiple documents at once

Top Pro

Simple workflow

It is very easy to toggle between the preview and the editing windows. The black makes it a very focused writing environment. Of course it's possible to change that if needed. See More

Top Pro

Math formatting

StackEditPro

Top Pro

Extract sections to new documents

PrincipledJabru's Experience

I can finally link between multiple documents in my workspace. A huge improvement over the original StackEdit! See More

Specs

Platforms:Window / Mac / Linux / Android / iOS

Export:Text / Markdown / PDF / HTML

Top Pro

Search workspaces for todos and tasks

RespectfulLabbu's Experience

This app offers all features of other apps plus a whole bunch more. See More

Top Pro

Rename/Renumber multiple files

IndependentAusrine's Experience

I have tried them all and this is the best one. See More

Top Pro

Copy code fence source code to clipboard

RationalArinniti's Experience

I would pay for it, but it is free, so even better. See More

Top Pro

Reorder lines using keyboard shortcuts

Great for rearranging lists. See More

VigorousMehetWeret's Experience

Amazing refactoring and document search navigation See More

Top Pro

Text search all workspace files

CromulentAmm's Experience

Hands down the best! See More

Top Pro

Add links between documents

CompetentLeibOlmai's Experience

Much better than the original StackEdit. Great for developers and students. See More

Top Pro

Synchronize multiple devices

KnowledgeableHorkos's Experience

Fixes all of the bugs in the original StackEdit, and adds many additional features. See More

Top Pro

Synchronize multiple workspaces

Top Pro

Publish to many web services

Top Pro

Free

Top Pro

View table of contents and file tree at the same time

Cmd Markdown

Dillinger

Top Con

No spell check available

Despite being an online editor, the browser's built-in spell check doesn't work in Dillinger, nor is there a third-party spelling option available. See More

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