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MarkText is a desktop Markdown editor with real-time visual preview and optional source, typewriter, and focus modes. It supports CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown, math expressions, front matter, emojis, and direct image pasting, then exports finished documents as HTML or PDF on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Pot handles translation from selected text, a dedicated input window, clipboard monitoring, or a captured screen region, and can perform OCR before translating an image. It can query multiple translation, recognition, and speech services in parallel, supports plugins and external calls, and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Zettlr combines Markdown writing, citation workflows, full-text search, and Zettelkasten-style knowledge management in a desktop application. It integrates with reference managers such as Zotero and JabRef and uses Pandoc, LaTeX, Textbundle, and document templates for publication-oriented exports; installing LaTeX is needed to unlock every export profile.

FSNotes is a Markdown-first notes manager for macOS and iOS that also works directly with ordinary text files. Notes can live across multiple folders and sync through iCloud Drive or Dropbox, while tags, double-bracket cross-note links, code highlighting, and inline images support organization and writing. Encryption, optional Git versioning, and backups are available for users who want more control over stored files.