Mowl vs StackEdit
Mowl
github.com
StackEdit
stackedit.ioSide by side
| Figure | Mowl | StackEdit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Markdown editors | 7.9 (#17) | 8.7 (#2) |
| Editing | It renders Markdown inline as users type while saving documents as plain Markdown files. | It provides Markdown syntax highlighting, WYSIWYG-style formatting controls, and a live preview with synchronized scrolling. |
| Export formats | HTML,PDF | Markdown,HTML,PDF |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Local file support | Yes | Yes |
| Markdown flavor | github_flavored | custom |
| Platforms | The release page lists Windows, universal macOS, and Linux builds for x64 and ARM64. | web,chrome_extension,self_hosted |
| Product | Mowl is a minimalist, portable WYSIWYG Markdown editor with full right-to-left support for Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew. | StackEdit describes itself as an in-browser Markdown editor. |
| Publishing workflow | none | cms |
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In their own words
StackEdit
StackEdit is an in-browser Markdown editor for writing, formatting and publishing documents. It highlights Markdown syntax and offers formatting controls alongside a live preview whose scrolling follows the editor. The site says it remains accessible for offline writing, and it supports local files as well as cloud sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub. Writers can share collaborative workspaces; when two collaborators edit the same file simultaneously, StackEdit merges their changes. Files also support inline comments and embedded discussions. The editor handles Markdown Extra, GitHub Flavored Markdown and CommonMark, with features configurable. It can publish blog posts to Blogger, WordPress and Zendesk, using Markdown, HTML or Handlebars-template formatting. Other supported content includes LaTeX mathematical expressions, sequence diagrams, flow charts, musical scores in ABC notation and emoji markup. Export formats are Markdown, HTML and PDF. StackEdit is listed as free and open source under an Apache License. Supported platforms include the web, a Chrome extension and self-hosting; the maker’s site displays a 2013–2019 copyright range.