Alternatives to Typora
A polished Markdown editor with live in-place rendering, sold as a one-off purchase rather than a subscription. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Typora
A polished Markdown editor with live in-place rendering, sold as a one-off purchase rather than a subscription.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Typora.
MarkText
A Markdown editor that shows formatted text as you type, with no preview pane and no syntax symbols in the way.
MarkText also renders Markdown in place without a preview pane, and is free and open source under MIT, though development is slow and it runs on Electron.
iA Writer
Minimalist Markdown writing app focused on the text.
iA Writer is a paid minimalist Markdown app with syntax highlighting of filler words and Android and iOS versions, but has no Linux build.
Zettlr
Write and organize Markdown documents for publication.
Zettlr is a free GPL-3.0 Markdown editor with document navigation and flexible export for publication, though some formats need extra dependencies.
ghostwriter
Write Markdown in a distraction-free desktop editor.
ghostwriter is a free open source distraction-free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux that keeps writing and preview side by side instead of rendering in place.
Obsidian
A notes app that works on a folder of plain Markdown files on your own disk, with links between them.
Obsidian is free and works on a whole folder of Markdown notes with linking, search and plugins, adding mobile apps but offering no one-time purchase.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Typora as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
StackEdit
An in-browser Markdown editor with live preview and sync to Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub.
Typora is a paid desktop Markdown editor for Windows, macOS and Linux with live in-place rendering, but has no sync of its own.
Ulysses
A focused writing app for Mac, iPad and iPhone with project management, sync and export.
Typora is a one-time purchase Markdown editor with live rendering on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it has no sync, library or mobile app.
VNote
An open-source desktop Markdown note-taking app written in native C++ that keeps notes as local files.
Typora is a paid, closed-source Markdown editor with polished live rendering, handling one document per window without a note database.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
QLMarkdown
Preview Markdown files with macOS Quick Look.
HedgeDoc
Collaborative Markdown editor for notes written together in real time.
QOwnNotes
A plain-text Markdown notepad and todo manager that syncs through Nextcloud or ownCloud, or any file sync you already use.
MindForger
Organize Markdown notes in a personal knowledge workspace.
