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MarkText vs StackEdit: catalog facts
MarkText	StackEdit
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, funded by community sponsorship.	Free Free to use in the browser.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Live in-place rendering with no preview pane and no leftover syntax characters CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown and some Pandoc Markdown, plus KaTeX maths	Live preview with synchronised scrolling Sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub
Development is slow, with long gaps between releases Electron, so it is heavy for a text editor	Browser only, no desktop app Cloud sync depends on third-party accounts
Downloadable app	Web application
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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