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Ask HN: Which Markdown editor do you use?
I'm mainly looking for Mac app suggestions, as there seem to be quite a few around (Mou, Write, Byword, Ulysses, etc.), but other OS/online suggestions could be interesting too.
- binaryanomaly 12y agoI like Mou http://mouapp.com/ http://mouapp.com/
- kevincobain2000 12y agoI use sublime text 3 with following 2 plugins - Markdown Preview, for previewing in browser - Markdown Editing, great editing environment I don't prefer online editors as don't like to see the live preview while I'm typing. But here's a good one dillinger
- eaten-by-grues 12y agoI can second the Sublime Text recommendation and add MarkdownPad (http://markdownpad.com/ http://markdownpad.com/) for Windows.
- xerophtye 12y agoI tried using Sublime text 3 for markdown but there was no significant syntax highlighting.
- jonsterling 12y agoVim.
- a3n 12y agoExactly. Markdown, for me, is text, which you can read in the raw, and transform if you like.
- ctb_mg 12y agoAgreed. Here I treat nearly all text as text and edit in vim. That's why I like how simple and readable Markdown is. Having a different editor for different text documents seems redundant to me. However I'll admit my two exceptions are using Xamarin for C# and ADT for Android apps.
- mafro 12y agoHaroopad is rather good on OSX. Give it a try.
- benwoodward 12y agoPreviously Marked (http://marked2app.com http://marked2app.com), sometimes Vim, more often iA Writer because it blends markdown syntax with rudimentary formatting, and is well suited to editing text. (http://ia.net/blog/ia-writer-for-mac/ http://ia.net/blog/ia-writer-for-mac/)
- hashtree 12y agoAtom: https://github.com/atom/markdown-preview https://github.com/atom/markdown-preview https://github.com/atom/language-gfm https://github.com/atom/language-gfm and Gitbook editor: https://github.com/GitbookIO/editor https://github.com/GitbookIO/editor
- feld 12y agoMacdown is ok
- jameshk 12y agoSublime Text 2/3. Great for code and markdown. I used to use Brackets because of the live preview for web development, but the simplicity and design (I use the "spacegrey" theme) makes it a pleasure to use. It has an unlimited trial or you pay $60, I believe.
- tomkinstinch 12y agoI've used FoldingText: http://www.foldingtext.com http://www.foldingtext.com
- rak 12y agoIf I need something like live previews of my work as I am writing it, I just use light-table with the appropriate plugins. Otherwise, any old text editor works for me.
- akg_67 12y agoI use LightPaper and like it a lot. The features I like most are side by side preview and editor window and export to PDF and HTML. Previously I was using Mou but gave up after stability issues.
- taoquay 12y agoI can also vouch for LightPaper. The live preview is useful to check whether I messed up with my Markdown formatting somewhere. http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac/ http://clockworkengine.com/lightpaper-mac/
- mattalbie 12y agoIsn't the entire point of Markdown that you don't need a special editor for it?
- davelnewton 12y agoYes, but that doesn't mean some editors aren't more interesting or functional than others.
- xxxmadraxxx 12y agoUse <whatever> for editing and Marked for live preview: http://marked2app.com/ http://marked2app.com/
- taternuts 12y agoif I want a live preview then I use http://stackedit.io http://stackedit.io. Most of the times I just use ST+Markdown plugins already mentioned here.
- notduncansmith 12y agoSublime Text with the Markdown Extended plugin, or Vim, whichever is closer at hand.