Top 6 Open-Source Alternatives to ZenWriter

Product categories

Developer Tools IDE Knowledge Management Markdown Editor Markdown Viewer Note Taking Office & Productivity Software Development Task Management Text Editors Todos Writing

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to ZenWriter are iA Writer, Typora, and WordGrinder. 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.

iA Writer Landing Page
1

iA Writer

Minimal Design, Maximum Focus
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $29.99 / One-off
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing 6 social mentions
Typora Landing Page
2

Typora

A minimal Markdown reading & writing app.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions
WordGrinder Landing Page
3

WordGrinder

WordGrinder is a word processor for processing words. It is not WYSIWYG. It is not point and click.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Markdown Editor #Software Development 10 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
4

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1011 social mentions
StackEdit Landing Page
5

StackEdit

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
crossnote.app
6

Crossnote

Crossnote is probably the world's first markdown notes reader & editor Progressive Web Application that works offline and supports syncing with arbitrary git repository right inside your browser.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Todos #Task Management