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Byword

The easy way to write Markdown and rich text on your Mac and iDevices subtitle

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Byword

iA Writer Typora StackEdit Haroopad MacDown Manuskript Visual Studio Code Dillinger Boostnote Markdown Live Preview

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Byword are iA Writer, Typora, and StackEdit. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $29.99 / One-off

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing Tools 6 social mentions

  2. 2
    A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions

  3. Full-featured, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Office & Productivity 49 social mentions

  4. Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Graphic Design Software

  5. MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Office & Productivity 7 social mentions

  6. Open-source tool for writers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Writing Tools #Markdown Editor #Text Editors 1 social mentions

  7. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1009 social mentions

  8. joemccann has 95 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Office & Productivity 23 social mentions

  9. Boostnote is an open-source note-taking​ app.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Todos #Notes 6 social mentions

  10. Stop guessing about your Markdown formatting 📝
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Productivity #Markdown Editor 12 social mentions

  11. TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 14 social mentions

  12. 12
    Write Markdown documents with a comprehensive GUI and many workflow/time management tools.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Markdown Editor #Knowledge Management 10 social mentions

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