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

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