Markdown editors

Comparison of markdown editors: (1) Supported Operated System, (2) Price, (3) Table of content (TOC): Improve the navigation through a long-form content, (4) License, (5) Export format

Free softwares

MacDown: The open source Markdown editor for macOS v. 0.7.2.x

• Supported OS: Mac
• Price: free
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: MIT license & open source[1]
• Custom Font:
• Export: HTML & PDF
• Syndication:
• Draw diagram:

CotEditor -Text Editor for macOS

• Supported OS: Mac
• Price: free
• Table of content: available on Outline menu
• Software license: Apache License, Version 2.0 & open source on github
• Custom Font:
• Export: not available
• Syndication: not available
• Draw diagram:

Bear - Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac v. 1.1.2

• Supported OS: Mac
• Price: free & paid for advanced features [2]
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font:
• Export: RTF for free version. PDF, HTML, DOCS, JPG for paid version. Reference: Export your notes
• Syndication: available for paid version: Syncing your notes with Bear Pro - Bear - Faq and support.
• Draw diagram:

Atom

• Supported OS: Win & Mac
• Price: free
• Table of content: available on markdown-toc
• Software license: MIT license & open source[3]
• Custom Font: Available
• Export:
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:
• Notes: Press ctrl+shift+m to toggle the preview panel

Brackets

• Supported OS: Win & Mac
• Price: free
• Table of content: available on plugin GitHub - naokazuterada/MarkdownTOC: MarkdownTOC(Table Of Contents) Plugin for Sublime Text
• Software license: MIT License
• Custom Font:
• Export:
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:

Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined v. 1.22.2

• Supported OS: Win, Mac & Linux
• Price: free
• Table of content: Available on extension Markdown editing with Visual Studio Code. After installed the extension --> Open the markdown file --> Right menu: Markdown TOC: Insert/Update
• Software license: "The source code is available under the MIT license agreement." Details on License - Visual Studio Code.
• Custom Font: Available
• Export: n/a
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:

SubEthaEdit 5. Code, Write, Edit. Together.

• Supported OS: Mac
• Price: free
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: MIT License (MIT). Source code available on github
• Custom Font: Available
• Export: HTML
• Syndication:
• Draw diagram:

tamlok/vnote v. 2.2

• Supported OS: Windows, Mac & Linux
• Price: free
• Table of content: Available on Menu > View > Tools: Outline
• Software license: MIT License. Source code available on github
• Custom Font: CSS
• Export: PDF, HTML & Markdown
• Syndication:
• Draw diagram:

Mark Text v0.16.3

• Supported OS: Windows, Mac & Linux
• Price: free
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: MIT License. Source code available on github
• Custom Font: Available on Menu > Preferences > Editor
• Export: HTML & PDF
• Syndication:
• Draw diagram:

ghostwriter v.2.1.1

• Supported OS: Windows, Mac & Linux
• Price: free
• Table of content: available
• Software license: GNU General Public License v3.0
• Custom Font:
• Export:
• Syndication:
• Draw diagram:

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Paid softwares

$ Typora — a minimal markdown reading & writing app v. 0.9.9.9.4.2 (virus scan result of mac version: ok, virus scan result of windows version 0.9.48 (beta): ok)

• Supported OS: Win, Mac & Linux
• Price: Paid. Free trial 15 days.
• Table of content: available Menu --> View --> Toggle Outline Panel. Or input [toc][4]
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font: Available
• Export: PDF, HTML, Word (.docx), OpenOffice (.odt), RTF ... Some export formats require pandoc to be installed. Reference: Install and Use Pandoc
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram: Available, Draw Diagrams With Markdown - Typora Support

$ Sublime Text

• Supported OS: Win & Mac
• Price: free
• Table of content: available on package MarkdownTOC - Packages - Package Control
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font: Available
• Export:
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:

$ Marked v. 2.5.10

• Supported OS: Mac
• Price: trial
• Table of content: Available
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font: CSS
• Export: PDF, HTML, RTFD, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, Markdown, OPML
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:

$ Caret v. 2.0.11

• Supported OS: Win, Mac & Linux
• Price: trial
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font:
• Export: PDF, HTML
• Syndication:
• Draw diagram:

$ PhpStorm IDE v. 2017.1 + Markdown support Plugin

• Supported OS: Win, Mac & Linux
• Price: trial
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font:
• Export: not available
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:

$ EmEditor (Text Editor) + Markdown syntax file

• Supported OS: Win
• Price: Paid
• Table of content: not available
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font:
• Export:
• Syndication: n/a
• Draw diagram:

$ 妙笔 - WonderPen v. 1.3.1

• Supported OS: Mac
• Price: Paid
• Table of content: Available
• Software license: Proprietary
• Custom Font: Available
• Export: Available: PNG, PDF, Word, Text, Html
• Syndication: Available
• Draw diagram:

Online services

HackMD - Collaborative markdown notes (features) [Last visited: 2017-05-06]

• Supported OS: OS independent. It's the online service.
• Price: free
• Table of content: available
• Software license: hackmd/LICENSE MIT license & open source[5]
• Custom Font:
• Export: Markdown, HTML & PDF

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