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MarkRight vs ReText: catalog facts
MarkRight	ReText
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 or later.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Live preview of GitHub Flavored Markdown Builds for macOS, Windows and Linux	Handles Markdown, reStructuredText, Textile and AsciiDoc Custom markup support through Python modules
Deliberately minimal, with few editing features Small single-developer project	Fewer features than full code editors Project documentation lives mainly in the repository
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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