LightPaper

LightPaper is a simple, beautiful, powerful yet free Text Editor for passionate writers. You can use LightPaper to write any kind of text documents – blogs, articles...

Commercial
Mac OS X

LightPaper is a simple, beautiful, powerful yet free Text Editor for passionate writers. You can use LightPaper to write any kind of text documents – blogs, articles, notes, READMEs, TODOs, or the next chapter of your new novel. Its simple interface gets out of your way, allowing you to focus on writing. To remove distractions, you can switch to *Distraction Free Mode* to completely immerse yourself in your current paragraph. It comes bundled with a handful of themes and beautiful fonts.

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MarkDown support Distraction free UI Live Preview

The Best 57 LightPaper Alternatives

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FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Customizable Portable Multiple languages Tabbed interface Auto saving Distraction free writing Distraction free UI Fullscreen support Writing statistics
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Markdown

Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
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MarkdownPad

MarkdownPad is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows. Features: LivePreview : Instantly see how your documents look in HTML as you create them. Easy formatting with keyboard shortcuts.

Freemium Windows
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Q10

Q10 is a simple but powerful text editor designed and built with writers in mind.

Free Windows

Portable Multiple languages Distraction free writing Distraction free UI Fullscreen support
51 Like

StackEdit

StackEdit is a free, open-source Markdown editor based on PageDown, the Markdown library used by Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites.

Free Open Source Chrome OS Web

Works Offline Google Drive integration WYSIWYG Support Dropbox integration Tumblr integration
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WriteRoom

For Mac users to write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing. Requires Mac OS X 10.7+

Commercial Mac OS X

Distraction free UI Fullscreen support
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Haroopad

Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
49 Like

Byword

Byword is designed to make writing more enjoyable with Markdown on your Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Commercial

Works Offline Distraction free writing Dropbox integration
30 Like

Hemingway Editor

Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. The Hemingway Editor for Mac and PC highlights common errors. Use it to catch wordy sentences, adverbs, passive voice, and dull, complicated words.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Web

Works Offline Collaborative writing Spell checking Distraction free writing Distraction free UI Automated proofreading Readability integration Writing assistance Writing suggestions
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ghostwriter

ghostwriter is a Windows and Linux text editor for Markdown, which is a plain text markup format created by John Gruber. For more information about Markdown, please visit John Gruber’s website at https://daringfireball.net/ .

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable Spell checking Distraction free writing Syntax Highlighting Fullscreen support Writing statistics Live Preview Support for Large File Stay Focused
21 Like

MarkPad

MarkPad is a Text editor for writing in MarkDown-Syntax. It will display the parsed and styled result to the right side of the plain text on the left.

Free Open Source Windows
18 Like

Markdown Edit

Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop Markdown editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts.

Free Open Source Windows
18 Like

MacDown

MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.

Free Open Source Mac OS X
17 Like

Abricotine

Abricotine is an open-source markdown editor for desktop. In Abricotine, you can preview your document directly in the text editor rather than in a side pane.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Electron / Atom Shell

Distraction free writing Distraction free UI
15 Like

Inkdrop

The note-taking app with robust Markdown editor, supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux. This app is designed to be the most convenient way to make notes in Markdown for your daily hacking.

Commercial

Cloud sync MarkDown support Support for Themes Share notes Sequence Diagrams Flow diagram visualisation REST API Latex Math
9 Like

(Un)colored

Next generation desktop rich content editor that saves documents with themes. HTML & Markdown compatible.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
6 Like

MWeb

MWeb can handle professional-level markdown with support for markdown extensions. It provides publishing to various social networks and blogging formats, as well as various preview themes.

Commercial
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Classeur

Start writing notes, docs, and blogs quickly using Markdown.

Freemium Web
5 Like

SmartDown

A zen and efficient MarkDown editor for Windows - Integrated library: All your files in the same place with Cloud (OneDrive, Dropbox, ...

Commercial Windows
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Write for Mac

A clean & intuitive design focused on things that matter most - your notes! Write offers a well designed writing experience with beautiful inline markdown rendering and some gorgeous fonts. Add Folders from Anywhere.

Commercial Mac OS X

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The Best 57 LightPaper Alternatives

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