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Typora vs ThiefMD: catalog facts
Typora	ThiefMD
Paid A one-time purchase covering up to three devices, with a free trial. There is no…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 or later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
The most polished live in-place Markdown rendering available Themes are plain CSS, so the appearance is fully customisable	Library is plain files on your own file system Export to PDF, ePub, docx and blog platforms via Pandoc
Paid and closed source, after being free during the beta No sync of its own; you supply the file syncing	Linux only Developers note it comes with no guarantees against lost files
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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