Ramble vs StackEdit
Ramble
ramble.mdStackEdit
stackedit.ioSide by side
| Figure | Ramble | StackEdit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Markdown editors | 7.9 (#15) | 8.7 (#2) |
| Cloud sync | Yes | Syncs files with Google Drive, Dropbox, and GitHub |
| Collaboration | Multiple people can edit the same draft simultaneously, with live cursors, automatic saving, and changes merged when editors reconnect. | Users can share collaborative workspaces, and StackEdit merges changes when two collaborators edit the same file at the same time. |
| Export formats | Markdown (.md) | Markdown,HTML,PDF |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | Ramble is operated by Sublime Dev, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; the policy lists San Francisco, California. | The site credits Benoit Schweblin and displays a copyright range of 2013–2019. |
| Supported platforms | web | web,chrome_extension,self_hosted |
| Product | Ramble is a collaborative Markdown editor with real-time team editing and an optional AI assistant. | StackEdit describes itself as an in-browser Markdown editor. |
| Publishing workflow | web | cms |
Plans
In their own words
Ramble
Ramble is a web-based collaborative Markdown editor with real-time team editing and an optional AI assistant. The editor shows Markdown source beside a rendered preview and supports formatting shortcuts, paste-to-Markdown conversion, find and replace, and Markdown export. Multiple people can edit together with live cursors, automatic saving, and merged changes after reconnecting. Already-open drafts can be edited offline with browser-local recovery, but loading Ramble or opening new pages needs a network connection. The assistant can answer draft questions, suggest edits for review, or create drafts from conversation. Workspaces support owner, editor, and viewer roles, plus read-only and revocable links. The Open plan costs nothing, but new accounts and invitations are currently closed.
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.