Open source alternatives to Typora
2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Typora does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Typora does
- Live preview Markdown editingcore
- Distraction-free writingcore
- Tables, math and diagrams
- Themes
- Export to PDF and Word
- File tree and outline
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PaperlingMinimal distraction-free markdown editor built with Tauri and React |
Replaces it100% | 599+5 | 14 days ago | 100% | Install like an app | Apache-2.0 | |
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence
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 DownrightNative macOS Markdown editor and reader with Quick Look and Finder previews |
Replaces it49% | 86+4 | 11 days ago | 78% | Install like an app | MIT | |
Covers 0 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Live preview Markdown editing; Export to PDF and Word; File tree and outline. Not shown: Distraction-free writing.See the evidence
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