AI Novel Writer
A desktop workspace for planning, drafting and revising long-form fiction with AI models you configure yourself.GetGPL-3.0
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Coluracetam
Read Markdown files with a rendered preview in Finder Quick Look and a live split editor, then export to PDF or HTML.GetMIT
CotEditor
A focused native editor for plain text, scripts and everyday notes.GetApache-2.0
Downright
A Markdown editor and reader that opens ordinary .md files in place and keeps their source exactly as written.GetMIT
Edmund
A lightweight Markdown editor with inline live preview that opens plain .md files from anywhere.GetApache-2.0
FSNotes
Keep searchable notes in plain-text files.GetMIT
Imark
A Markdown reader that live-reloads on save, previews in Quick Look, and stores your comments inside the file.GetMIT
Joplin
Organize notes, to-do lists, and attachments in notebooks with optional synchronization.GetAGPL-3.0+
Linked
A distraction-free daily journal that stores one entry per day as local files and searches across them.GetGPL-3.0
Logseq
Connect daily notes and ideas through an outliner with backlinks and linked references.GetAGPL-3.0
MacDown
A Markdown editor with a live side-by-side preview, syntax highlighting and configurable rendering options.GetMIT
Markdown Preview
A lightweight Mac viewer for Markdown files, with a document outline, themes and a Quick Look extension.GetMIT
MarkEdit
A clean Mac workspace for writing Markdown.GetMIT
MarkText
Edit Markdown with a live rendered view, tables, code blocks, and a focused writing workspace.GetMIT
MiaoYan
A quiet Markdown note app that keeps notes as files in a folder you choose.GetMIT
mxMarkEdit
An outline-oriented Markdown editor inspired by Org-mode, with todo tracking, tables, presentations and Pandoc export.GetGPL-3.0+
NoteGen
A local-first Markdown notes app that collects quick captures and uses your chosen AI models to organise them.GetGPL-3.0
Notenik
A note-taking app that stores each note as a plain-text file with custom fields, Markdown bodies and tags.GetMIT
Notepad Next
A cross-platform reimplementation of the Notepad++ text editor, with macOS disk images.GetGPL-3.0
Notes
A fast Qt note-taking app with Markdown, nested folders, tags and a Kanban view for task lists.GetMPL-2.0
Notesnook
Keep notes and notebooks in a writing app built around encrypted synchronization.GetGPL-3.0
QOwnNotes
Manage plain-text Markdown notes with search, scripting, and optional Nextcloud integration.GetGPL-2.0
Sigil
A multi-platform EPUB editor for creating and fixing ebooks, with code and preview views and plugin support.GetGPL-3.0
Simplenote
Automattic's native Mac client for Simplenote, a plain-text notes service with tags, Markdown and sync across devices.GetGPL-2.0
SiYuan
Organize notes with block references, document trees, and a locally stored workspace.GetAGPL-3.0
Standard Notes
Write and organize notes with encrypted synchronization across desktop and mobile clients.GetAGPL-3.0
SubEthaEdit
A plain-text and code editor known for real-time collaborative editing over the network.GetMIT
TeXstudio
Write LaTeX documents with completion, reference navigation, and an integrated PDF preview.GetGPL-3.0
Textus
A Markdown editor that formats as you type, with export, math, diagrams and an optional AI assistant using your own provider.GetMIT
Trilium Notes
Build a hierarchical personal knowledge base with rich notes, links, and attachments.GetAGPL-3.0
VNote
Organize Markdown notebooks in a keyboard-friendly editor with navigation and preview tools.GetLGPL-3.0
Xournal++
Take handwritten notes, sketch diagrams, and annotate PDF documents with pen-based tools.GetGPL-2.0
Zettel
A minimal notes app that edits one note at a time and stores every note as a local Markdown file.GetGPL-3.0
Zettlr
Write Markdown documents with project organization, references, and research-oriented tools.GetGPL-3.0