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Zettlr

An all-in-one publishing workbench. Writing happens in Markdown and exports to DOCX, PDF, HTML and more through Pandoc, with citations, footnotes, multilingual spell checking and full-text search. It suits authors and researchers producing finished documents straight from a draft.

VNote

A pleasant note-taking platform with native speed, majoring in Markdown, MindMap, Typst, and plain text.

MiaoYan

A quiet, local-first Markdown writing app for the Mac. Notes stay as plain text on disk with syntax highlighting, preview, tags and full-text search, and the restrained interface keeps attention on the sentences. It suits long writing sessions away from cloud sync and feature clutter.

Standard Notes

Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.

markdown-quicklook

A Quick Look extension for Markdown files on macOS, with a menu bar toggle. Press space to preview rendered Markdown, including Obsidian-style syntax and themes, without opening an editor first. It suits people browsing Markdown notes in Finder.

QOwnNotes

QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.

Notes

A note app written in C++ that prioritises fast startup and a clean interface. Notes are kept as Markdown and plain text with categories and search, stored locally. It suits cross-platform users who want a light note tool without cloud lock-in.

imark

Native Markdown reader for macOS. Keep it open while you write and it follows every save. Comment on a phrase and the note is saved into the .md file itself. Your coding agent can open a plan here ...

Logseq

A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: https://logseq.io/p/NX4mc_ggEV

koodo-reader

A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Web

FSNotes

A fast Markdown note app for Mac and iPhone. Notes are stored locally as plain-text Markdown that you can sync yourself, with tags, outlines, code blocks and attachments, and both launch and search stay quick. It suits people who want a light note tool without handing content to a cloud service.

glim

A free, open-source file viewer for macOS. Markdown, PDFs, images, JSON, CSV and code in one workspace. Apple Silicon & Intel.

Knopo

A native macOS outliner that arranges thinking into hierarchies, turning scattered notes into structured documents. Data lives in local Markdown with no cloud dependency, which fits structured writing, breaking projects down and knowledge management. Folding and dragging let an idea grow from a single line into finished material.

Zettel

A fast note-taking app for iOS and macOS. Notes are stored as local Markdown files that you can sync and back up yourself, which fits the Zettelkasten habit of collecting small pieces and gradually linking them into a knowledge network. Launch and input stay lightweight, so it suits people who jot things down constantly and prefer not to be locked into a cloud service.

stik

Instant thought capture for macOS. One shortcut, post-it appears, type, close.