Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Mark Text vs Marktext, the Slant community recommends Mark Text for most people. In the question“What are the best open source Markdown editors for UNIX-like systems?” Mark Text is ranked 13th while Marktext is ranked 38th.
Specs
LicenseMIT
PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac
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Pros
Pro Open Source
Pro WYSIWYG or TEXT visualisation
Pro Has RTL language support
Can be used with languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.
Pro Very light : 103 Mb only
Pro Copy Paste keeps formatting
Copy pasting from web and other sources keeps formatting, which is great time saver.
Pro Output HTML and PDF files
Pro Various editing modes
Source Code mode, Typewriter mode, Focus mode.
Pro Various themes
Pro Paragraphs and inline style shortcuts
Pro Math expressions (KaTeX
Pro selective support Pandoc markdown
Pro GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec
Pro Support CommonMark Spec
Pro Realtime preview (WYSIWYG)
Pro Cross Platform
Windows, Mac , Linux
Pro Open Source
Cons
Con Not lightweight
On Windows 10 the installed size was 259 Mb, no surprise as this is an Electron based app.
Con Not a WYSIWYG editor, no formated preview
There is only plain text editing.
Con Limited block selections
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