MarkText vs Notula
MarkText
marktext.me
Notula
notula.orgSide by side
| Figure | MarkText | Notula |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Markdown editors | 8.5 (#6) | 7.7 (#23) |
| Export formats | basic | Markdown |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Local file support | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | Downloads are offered for macOS, Windows and Linux. | The desktop app is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux; the iPhone app is in TestFlight beta and not yet on the App Store. |
| Privacy | The homepage says MarkText requires no account and has no tracking. | The desktop app has no account or Notula server; documents and comments stay in the repository and communicate with its Git remote. |
| Support | The homepage says the project is built by volunteers and invites users to sponsor development on GitHub. | The site directs users to its feedback form or to open an issue for questions about privacy. |
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In their own words
MarkText
MarkText is a free, open-source desktop Markdown editor that displays formatted text as you write. It offers WYSIWYG preview and source-code editing, plus focus and typewriter modes. Writing features include tables, KaTeX math, diagrams, footnotes, code highlighting, and YAML, TOML, and JSON front matter. Listed diagram tools include Mermaid, Vega, and Vega-Lite. The editor has 33 light and dark themes, with CSS customization available. Documents can be exported as PDF or self-contained HTML, and local files are supported. MarkText runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Installation notes require macOS 11 or later and Windows 10 or 11, and provide arm64 and x64 installers for those systems. Homebrew, Chocolatey, and Winget are also listed as installation options. The homepage says MarkText needs no account and has no tracking. It is released under the MIT License, has no subscription, and is described as a volunteer-built project.