A Typora alternative in 2026

Typora nailed the “what you see is what you mean” feeling. When it moved to a paid model, a lot of people went looking for a spiritual successor. This is our attempt.

The core promise

A Markdown editor should disappear. You write; the document formats itself. No toolbar shouting for attention, no modal preview pane.

Live, not split

Split-pane preview is a crutch. We render inline, so the heading you are typing is already a heading on screen.

Local first

Your notes live in plain .md files on your disk. No account, no sync server, no lock-in. Open them in anything.

Speed as a feature

We measure input latency in milliseconds. If a keystroke lags, that is a bug, not a spec.

What is next

Table editing, image drag-and-drop, and a focus mode are on the roadmap. The beta is free while we iterate.