When comparing Abricotine vs Mark Text, the Slant community recommends Mark Text for most people. In the question“What is the best WYSIWYG Markdown editor?” Mark Text is ranked 2nd while Abricotine is ranked 12th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Spell checker
Spell checker has been integrated from openoffice (or libreoffice); The dic file is not really recent bet can easily be updated.
Pro Free and open source
Pro Table of contents is populated with links
The table of contents pane has links in it, which makes clicking through to the section you want really easy.
Pro Readable single-pane inline preview editor
Inline preview is well formatted and easy to read, making it a good choice for single-pane editing.
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
Cons
Con Only single file editor
There is no ability to edit folder with markdown files
Con No package
Must be run from the file directly or built from source.
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.