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Typora – A Brief Review of the Best Markdown Editor 2024-12-14

I've already talked about why Markdown is such a great markup language, but to summarize:

• It's easy for anyone to read and write
• It's powerful, yet lightweight
• There are many editors for composing Markdown and many tools in the ecosystem
• Markdown text format plays nicely with file sync tools and version control systems like Git.

Today, I want to talk about the "best" Markdown editor for the desktop: Typora. It's so good, in fact, that I bought it, and I rarely purchase software. There are many, many free or open source editors available today, but unfortunately, nothing is as seamless and fun to use as Typora.

Why Typora:

• Run it on any desktop computer – Windows, Linux, or macOS on x86 or ARM architectures.
• Excellent UI/UX design
  • Rarely does anything weird or quirky (trust me, other editors have numerous quirks)
  • Live preview of Markdown content
  • Syntax highlighting for code fences
  • Supports more advanced Markdown features including math blocks, diagrams, alerts, table of contents, footnotes, and more.
  • Themes and various distraction-free modes
• Fantastic performance
• Supports Markdown syntax in its entirety
• Easy to buy – At the time of this writing, it's only $15 for 3 devices. The purchase process is super easy, and managing licenses for your devices is well supported (i.e. you can easily move a license from one device to another).

I have much more to say, but the best thing to do is to try it for yourself. Enjoy!

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