When comparing MWeb vs Textnut, the Slant community recommends MWeb for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for OS X?” MWeb is ranked 18th while Textnut is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose MWeb is:
Math-heavy note takers, look no further. Mweb even supports the basic LaTeX equation labeling and referencing, which you cannot find in any other markdown editor as of early 2018. Library management is another major plus.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Excellent support of LaTeX equations
Math-heavy note takers, look no further. Mweb even supports the basic LaTeX equation labeling and referencing, which you cannot find in any other markdown editor as of early 2018. Library management is another major plus.
Pro Supports publishing to popular web platforms
MWeb can publish Markdown files to various web platforms including (but not limited to) Wordpress, Metaweblog, Evernote, Blogger and Tumblr.
Pro Syntax highlighting in fenced code blocks
MWeb has syntax highlighting for some popular programming languages inside fenced code blocks.
Pro Comes with an iOS app with iCloud sync
Once you are done editing your note on your mac, it's immediately available in your iOS devices, great for checkup anytime as you go.
Pro Drag & drop or paste photos to the editor and display
Supports adding pictures to a Markdown file either through drag-and-drop or by pasting it.
Pro Small but powerful
It has file tree, can post article, can upload pictures, can render in pretty preview themes, and is small and fast.
Pro Supports both its own database and external folders
So you can have a side project stored on its database, and your current notes on external folder, with simple files, that could be share with other apps.
Pro There's a free version, Mweb lite, on Mac OS and iOS
Pro Supports publishing a static blog on FTP
Possible to manage your self-hosted static blog with your own css
.
Pro Tables
Quick insert and editing of tables.
Pro Can automatically convert Markdown to rich text
TextNut has two modes that it can switch between on-the-fly - Markdown and rich text editing mode. In rich text editing mode Markdown syntax is automatically converted to rich text. For example, typing ***bold***
will automatically convert it to bold. In Markdown mode syntax will be kept (with chosen styling applied).
Pro Advanced yet easy way to add images
Images can be added by writing a curly brace ({
) anywhere in the text and a popup will appear that will allow dragging and dropping the image in as well as customize the parameters without having to remember the proper syntax.
Pro Effectively does WYSIWYG editing
Pro Easy document management
Drag and Drop tree structure document management, powerful and flexible.
Cons
Con Indie app, possible to be abandoned at anytime
If you like the app, please buy it to make it sustainable.
Con Price become expensive
MWeb used to cost $14.99, and could be bought half the price with promo; but version 3 now costs $20, and the developer would like to go to a subscription plan.
Con No free version
MWeb costs $20.99 and is available on the Mac App Store. There's a free trial available but it's only for 14 days which may not be enough to make a good evaluation of the software before buying.
Con Rich text editing mode has incomplete Markdown support
Some Markdown elements don't convert to rich text in rich text editing mode. For example, for emphasis only *
will convert, _
will be left as is.