MarkEdit
Shares rank 11 of 13 markdown editors by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 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: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 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
Tiny at 4 MB
“at just 4 MB, MarkEdit is much smaller than Electron apps”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS” Much smaller than Electron apps
“at just 4 MB, MarkEdit is much smaller than Electron apps”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS” Editor with a preview pane
“paste output into MarkEdit (an editor with a preview pane; I think it's cross platform?)”
Comment from 9 May 2026 in “Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML”
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 | — | — |
| MarkEditThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Here are some alternatives if anyone is looking”
“at just 4 MB, MarkEdit is much smaller than Electron apps”
“paste output into MarkEdit (an editor with a preview pane; I think it's cross platform?)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.