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QLCommonMark vs MarkEdit

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

QLCommonMark

6.0
Developer Tools

Quick Look plugin for CommonMark and Markdown

MarkEdit

8.0
Productivity

Markdown editor

Metric QLCommonMark MarkEdit
Category Developer Tools Productivity
AI Score 6.0 8.0
30-day Installs 6 2.5K
90-day Installs 31 4.9K
365-day Installs 175 9.4K
Version 1.1 1.32.0
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 49 3.8K
GitHub Forks 3 146
Open Issues - 2
License MIT MIT
Language C Swift
Last GitHub Commit 8y ago 1mo ago
First Seen Jul 24, 2017 Jan 10, 2024

Reviews

QLCommonMark

QLCommonMark is a Quick Look plugin that renders CommonMark and Markdown files in macOS, offering a seamless preview experience for developers and writers. It supports a comprehensive Markdown spec and integrates well with macOS, though its last update was in 2017.

Renders CommonMark and Markdown files in macOS's Quick Look feature.

Pros

  • + Integrates seamlessly with macOS Quick Look.
  • + Supports CommonMark, handling complex documents.
  • + Free and open-source under the MIT license.

Cons

  • - No updates since 2017, potential compatibility issues.
  • - Manual updates required as no auto-update feature.

MarkEdit

MarkEdit is a free, open-source Markdown editor with a clean, minimal interface. It offers real-time preview, syntax highlighting, and iCloud sync, making it ideal for writers, developers, and content creators who work with Markdown.

MarkEdit allows users to write and edit Markdown files with real-time preview and syntax highlighting.

Pros

  • + Free and open-source
  • + Clean, minimal interface
  • + Real-time preview and syntax highlighting

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature
  • - Occasional bugs reported in the past