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ghostwriter vs MarkText: catalog facts
ghostwriter	MarkText
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, funded by community sponsorship.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Keeps plain-text writing and document preview close together.	Live in-place rendering with no preview pane and no leftover syntax characters CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown and some Pandoc Markdown, plus KaTeX maths
Focuses on Markdown rather than complex word-processing layouts.	Development is slow, with long gaps between releases Electron, so it is heavy for a text editor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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