Atomic Editor
Shares rank 9 of 13 markdown editors by recommenders
An Obsidian-style live preview editor built on CodeMirror 6 that people find fills a gap and feels good to use. Common caveat: selection highlighting doesn't show for some users.
An Obsidian-style live preview editor built on CodeMirror 6 that people find fills a gap and feels good to use. Common caveat: selection highlighting doesn't show for some users.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fills gap for live preview editing
“I didn't find anything like it with native virtualization that felt right to me so I built Atomic Editor.”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6” “This is awesome, and exactly what I've been looking for recently.”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6” Interaction feels good to use
“It seems like selection highlighting(?) doesn't work but the interaction feels good otherwise.”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6” “your implementation appears to get a lot of things right”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Selection highlight missing
“It seems like selection highlighting(?) doesn't work but the interaction feels good otherwise.”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6” “Selection worked for me on mobile, but doesn't show a highlight.”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6” Typing glitches and cursor jumps
“suddenly no matter where I typed, my text was ending up at the end of the document”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6” “seems to be very broken , typing things around and things jumps everywhere.”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Show HN: Atomic Editor – Obsidian-style live preview for CodeMirror 6”
Other markdown editors people recommend
The four most recommended other markdown editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmallDocs | 21 | 3 | 88% | 6 | — | Approved |
| OpenKnowledge | 20 | 10 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
| Typora | 19 | 6 | 76% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Margin Markdown editor | 15 | 2 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
| Atomic EditorThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is awesome, and exactly what I've been looking for recently.”
“It's pretty nice. I was impressed with the handling of tables.”
“your implementation appears to get a lot of things right”
“suddenly no matter where I typed, my text was ending up at the end of the document”
“seems to be very broken , typing things around and things jumps everywhere.”
“I didn't find anything like it with native virtualization that felt right to me so I built Atomic Editor.”
“the abstraction leaks in tables”
“Selection worked for me on mobile, but doesn't show a highlight.”
“It seems like selection highlighting(?) doesn't work but the interaction feels good otherwise.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.