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When comparing MarkdownPad vs Ghostwriter, the Slant community recommends Ghostwriter for most people. In the question“What are the best open source Markdown editors for UNIX-like systems?” Ghostwriter is ranked 12th while MarkdownPad is ranked 36th.
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Pros
Pro Allows customizing output
A custom CSS can be added to the rendered HTML to change the preview and output.
Pro Real-time HTML Preview
MarkdownPad is split in two panes. One pane is used for writing Markdown, the other shows the rendered HTML as it's written.
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Cons
Con Many features are disabled in the free version
Free version lacks features like auto-save, PDF export, Markdown tables among many others and can't be used commercially.
Con Abandoned project
Nothing from author since 03/15. Pro version preview pane crashes, no fix has been offered. See user forums.
Con Preview window crashes / does not update
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