I decided to look around at some different markdown editors just to see what was out there.

2016-02-04 Update

  • JUST found an IOS app, Octopage, that is specifically for writing posts to Github.io
    • will update further after I’ve used it a bit.

Original Post

  • remarkable
    • locally installed, linux only
    • not in the repo so had to download the rpm
    • looks ok; the buttons are a big big and bright
    • Ultimately it didn’t really strike me as something I wanted to use
  • retext
    • locally installed, linux only
    • in the repo so easy to install
    • looks a bit worse than remarkable
    • again, just not what I would find myself using
  • atom
    • locally installed; windows, linux, mac
    • in repo so easy to install
    • looks good, lots of features, plugins, etc
      • markdown writer
      • plugin for writing/formatting markdown
      • specifically handles tags/catagories/drafts/posts
      • not perfect but better than anything else so far
    • I’ll likely continue to use this
  • prose.io
    • online editor
    • hooks directly in to github
      • that’s fine if you are good with giving it permission to all of your repos
        • nevermind, you can set it to only access ‘public’ repos
    • very clean looking, saves directly as commits
    • I really like this one as I can bring it up in chrome on my phone and edit posts directly there
      • really it’d be nice to be able to edit directly from any computer I’m on period
    • Not sure I’d use it full time though, still feels like it’s missing something
  • haroopad
    • Found this one listed on a few sites.
    • Cross platform
    • Looks nice
      • windows installed easily enough
      • debian only package.
        • not the best way to install the binary package
    • Feels a little clunky on linux in general
    • It’s pretty simple looking.
    • doubt I’ll go forward with this
  • Dillinger
    • online editor
    • you can save directly to github, dropbox, google drive, one drive
    • only just happened to come across this, but it looks good
    • after some quick tests I don’t believe it will work well for my github.io posts but it does seem nice for general editing.