When comparing Gingko vs Stylo, the Slant community recommends Gingko for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for OS X?” Gingko is ranked 28th while Stylo is ranked 43rd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro You can customize colors
Pro Allows focusing on one piece of information at a time
Since Gingko documents are "trees", they are always organized on the go. And since everything is written in cards, it is possible to focus on one chunk of content at a time.
Pro Easy to overview
Despite the complexity of the tree structure, it's always clear where you are, and how to quickly add your thoughts.
Pro Markdown support
All formatting is done via Markdown.
Pro Non-linear
Non-linear notetaking allows you more flexibility, freedom and creativity.
Pro Flexible styling using CSS
Markdown source styling is really flexible because the App relies on CSS.
Pro CSS style definitions editable inside the editor
There is no need for complicated theme manipulation steps to create a style, everything is right in the editor along with the Markdown source.
Pro CommonMark support
CommonMark Markdown standard got a lot of traction lately and it's good to use an editor that conforms to it.
Cons
Con Limited free version
The free version is limited to 100 cards and 10 documents. Depending on how you use it, this might not be enough.