# MarkEdit

5 Hacker News commenters recommended MarkEdit and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, open-source Markdown editor for macOS with a preview pane, praised for its small size of about 4 MB and its lightness compared with Electron apps.

## Why people recommend it

- Tiny at 4 MB (1 comments): "at just 4 MB, MarkEdit is much smaller than Electron apps" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262669))
- Much smaller than Electron apps (1 comments): "at just 4 MB, MarkEdit is much smaller than Electron apps" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262669))
- Editor with a preview pane (1 comments): "paste output into MarkEdit (an editor with a preview pane; I think it's cross platform?)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48072214))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SmallDocs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smalldocs.md): 21 recommend
- [OpenKnowledge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openknowledge.md): 20 recommend
- [Typora](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typora.md): 19 recommend
- [Margin Markdown editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/markdown-editor-for-mac-ios-and-web.md): 15 recommend
- [iA Writer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ia-writer.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MarkEdit", https://hackerapproved.com/p/markedit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).