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StackEdit vs ReText: catalog facts
StackEdit	ReText
Free Free to use in the browser.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 or later.
Web	Linux
Live preview with synchronised scrolling Sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub	Handles Markdown, reStructuredText, Textile and AsciiDoc Custom markup support through Python modules
Browser only, no desktop app Cloud sync depends on third-party accounts	Fewer features than full code editors Project documentation lives mainly in the repository
Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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 October 1, 2026

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