When comparing Markdown Edit 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 22nd while Markdown Edit is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose GhostWriter is:
Minimalist interface, full screen writing and "Hemingway Mode" (which disables backspace to enforce writing rather than editing).
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Pros
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under MIT.
Pro Real-time HTML preview with synchronized scrolling
Markdown Edit is split in two panes. One pane is used for writing Markdown, the other shows the rendered HTML as it's written.
Pro Distraction-free
Minimalist interface, full screen writing and "Hemingway Mode" (which disables backspace to enforce writing rather than editing).
Pro Hemingway Mode
Prevents the use of backspace key to encourage forward momentum.
Pro Suitable for writing
Fast startup, resource light and encourages you to only write by Hemingway mode.
Pro Integration with Pandoc
Pandoc integration enables it to output various different formats.
Pro HTML preview
Pop-up rendered HTML preview window.
Pro Very fast
Native application wit Qt interface, very snappy.
Pro Themeable
Has a theme editor which allows for the creation of custom themes.
Pro HUD
There are various HUD windows which can show things such as document statistics and a Markdown cheat sheet.
Cons
Con Dead project
Con Covers taskbar when maximised
When maximised, the window covers the taskbar completely even when the taskbar is set to be on top of other windows.
Con Does not support pasting images from the clipboard (unless online)
This editor boasts that it's a desktop (i.e. offline) markdown editor where you can copy and paste images directly in the editor which is a feature that many other markdown editors struggle to implement. Unfortunately this is misleading, since the only way to paste an image in the editor is to be online. If, like many of us out there, you want to work offline, this feature will be broken as it requires an internet connection, which is weird for an editor that boasts being a desktop app!!