# Typora

19 Hacker News commenters recommended Typora and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a polished Markdown editor with good image handling, export and themes. The most common caveat is the lack of a good iPhone client.

## Why people recommend it

- Worth paying for (4 comments): "I happily paid money for Typora, which does roughly the same thing for just Markdown" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46572127)) "one of the rare apps that is priced well with good business model" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46717684)) "commercial but fantastic product" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47800008))
- Good image handling (3 comments): "I really like its ability to auto-create a related assets folder for embedded media as it's dragged into a doc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46572918)) "One of the things I like is that it gives you some flexibility in how it handles images" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265330)) "allows pasting images into markdown" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46014575))
- Best Markdown writing experience (2 comments): "Typora is the best markdown authoring experience out there, even surpassing obsidian imho." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46564048)) "Typora is still one of my favs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46734589))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SmallDocs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smalldocs.md): 21 recommend
- [OpenKnowledge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openknowledge.md): 20 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
- [Ferrite Markdown editor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrite.md): 14 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://typora.io/)

## Cite as

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