Markdown
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). Thus, “Markdown” is two things: (1) a plain text formatting syntax; and (2) a software tool, written in Perl, that converts the plain text formatting to HTML. See the Syntax page for details pertaining to Markdown’s formatting syntax. You can try it out, right now, using the online Dingus. The overriding design goal for Markdown’s formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions. While Markdown’s syntax has been influenced by several existing text-to-HTML filters, the single biggest source of inspiration for Markdown’s syntax is the format of plain text email.
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Markdown Pro
A beautiful and easy to use editor for the popular Markdown markup language, combined with a themed live preview feature, you will never have to write boring documents again. Create beautiful documents with the power of Markdown Pro. Mavericks is fully supported now. Also, you can now edit your iCloud stored markdown documents. Middle eastern languages such as Hebrew and Arabic are written predominantly right-to-left. Markdown PRO supports preview in right-to-left mode. Just go to preferences and turn this feature on or off. Markdown PRO allows you to not only write using the markdown syntax, but instantly gives you a live preview of how your formatted text will look like!. On top of that, it provides a few beautiful templates you can use to impress your friends, family or colleagues with. Markdown is a simple text formatting language for all your writing needs; it is a way to format your text adding italic and bold text, headings, notes, images, and more.
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Quiver
Quiver is a notebook built for programmers. It lets you easily mix text, code, Markdown and LaTeX within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor, live preview Markdown and LaTeX, and find any note instantly via the full-text search. A note in Quiver is comprised of cells, snippets of text, code, Markdown, LaTeX (via MathJax) or diagrams (sequence diagram, flowchart). You can freely mix different cell types within one note. You can set different languages for different code cells, too. The programmer's notebook should make code editing effortless. Quiver packs the awesome ACE code editor in code cells, with syntax highlighting support for more than 120 languages, over 20 themes, automatic indent and outdent, and much more. Quiver lets you write in Markdown with inline formatting and custom CSS options. A live preview window renders Markdown as you type. Quiver uses MathJax to typeset mathematical equations written in LaTeX.
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MarkSnip
MarkSnip is a browser extension designed to capture and convert web content into clean, well-structured Markdown files with minimal effort, enabling users to save articles, documentation, and other online material for offline use or integration into knowledge management systems. It allows users to clip either an entire webpage or selected text directly from the browser, instantly transforming HTML content into readable Markdown while preserving important elements such as headings, links, images, and code blocks. It leverages technologies like Mozilla’s Readability for accurate content extraction and Turndown for reliable HTML-to-Markdown conversion, ensuring that the output is clean and properly formatted for tools like Obsidian, Notion, or other personal knowledge bases. Users can edit the generated Markdown before saving, download it as a .md file, or copy it to the clipboard, and it also supports context menu actions for quickly converting links, images, or multiple tabs.
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