Typora
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 13 markdown editors by recommenders
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.
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.
25 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 19
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 76%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 19 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Worth paying for
“I happily paid money for Typora, which does roughly the same thing for just Markdown”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering” “one of the rare apps that is priced well with good business model”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “App Subscription is now my Weekend Project” “commercial but fantastic product”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Marky – A lightweight Markdown viewer for agentic coding” - Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “How Markdown Took over the World”
Good image handling
“I really like its ability to auto-create a related assets folder for embedded media as it's dragged into a doc.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering” “One of the things I like is that it gives you some flexibility in how it handles images”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Write.md, a free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS” “allows pasting images into markdown”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next?” Best Markdown writing experience
“Typora is the best markdown authoring experience out there, even surpassing obsidian imho.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “How Markdown Took over the World” “Typora is still one of my favs”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “App Subscription is now my Weekend Project”
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 | — | — |
| TyporaThis page | 19 | 6 | 76% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Margin Markdown editor | 15 | 2 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
| iA Writer | 14 | 0 | 100% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
23 of the 29 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For me, that's an absolute requirement, so I'll be sticking with Typora”
“it starts to glitch with longer documents”
“they all didnt even come close to what I personally wanted”
“The Typora website is horrible on mobile.”
“One of the things I like is that it gives you some flexibility in how it handles images”
“I've been using Typora for years. It has a pretty great export/print.”
“it (and others I've looked at) have zero support for image positioning or sizing”
“I use Typora often as it is easier to start in a folder and just work on the files”
“commercial but fantastic product”
“I much prefer some of the themes available for Typora”
“When Typora has an iPhone client as good as their other clients, I’ll give up using a mix of Typora and Obsidian”
“Typora needs an installer”
“Typora is still one of my favs”
“one of the rare apps that is priced well with good business model”
“the otherwise excellent Typora”
“Typora's lineage is opaque, which worries me.”
“The $15 price tag for Typora seems a bit steep considering the fundamental features it provides.”
“I really like its ability to auto-create a related assets folder for embedded media as it's dragged into a doc.”
“I happily paid money for Typora, which does roughly the same thing for just Markdown”
“it is an instant buy for me”
“Typora is the best markdown authoring experience out there, even surpassing obsidian imho.”
“It's available on Windows, MacOS and Linux.”
“allows pasting images into markdown”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.