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

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