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The best MarkText alternatives

4 tools that do a similar job to MarkText, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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MarkText

A simple, distraction-free markdown editor for Linux, macOS and Windows.

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    VS Code

    Open source · MIT · ★ 194k

    Microsoft's open-source code editor, the base of Visual Studio Code, for writing and debugging code.

    Best for: Developers who want a lightweight editor that can be extended with add-ons; People who want to read or modify the editor's source code

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    Pear Desktop

    Open source · MIT · ★ 34k

    Unofficial desktop app for YouTube Music, with a plugin system, for Windows, macOS and Linux.

    Best for: People who want YouTube Music in a standalone desktop window; Users who want to customize the look of YouTube Music with CSS themes

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    Kap

    Open source · MIT · ★ 19.4k

    A free, open-source screen recorder for macOS, built with web technology.

    Best for: Mac users who want to record part of their screen quickly from the menu bar; People who want an open-source recorder they can inspect or modify

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    Medis

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.7k

    A Mac desktop app for browsing and editing data in Redis databases.

    Best for: Developers who want a visual way to inspect Redis keys on a Mac; People connecting to remote Redis servers through SSH

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to MarkText. We don't take payment for placement.