Hi there,

I am searching for an Markdown Editor, with a similar Live-Preview feature to Obsidian. In particular, I do not want to split the view into source and preview, but have the preview as the main window and only switch to source code for the line/block I am currently editing. Nextcloud uses a similar feature for their in-browser editor, but I need an offline variant.

Do you have any suggestions?

  • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
    4·
    5 months ago

    Joplin has this functionality, although I don’t often use it since I prefer to type directly into the Markdown editor. Whatever you choose, be sure that you’re comfortable with the security and privacy implications of it.

  • Mechanize@feddit.it
    4·
    5 months ago

    Silverbullet is like that. It is not an electron or native app, you have to run a server and then get to it from the browser.

    TLDR it is best run with docker or podman, but IMHO it is pretty good.

  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Zettlr does this reasonably well. It doesn’t do it by default, though, you have to turn it on in the settings

    • anotherhoffmann@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Looks good and seems to have tab splitting, which marktext laggs. I will check it out, when I have some time. Thanks!

      • IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org
        1·
        5 months ago

        I use zettlr – it’s pretty good! The only issues I’ve run into are with the table editor, and with occasional lag on large documents; the latter just comes with the territory on an Electron app. I know Nathan’s working on both, though.

  • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Marktext does this for me, can’t compare 100% to Obsidian as I’ve rage uninstalled that several times within an hour of installing it.

  • GadgeteerZA@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    QOwnNotes (https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes) may be an option as it is pure Markdown and need not have both the code and preview windows open. I used it before moving to Obsidian. It has some options to customise its window views, but it is a long time since I used it, so not sure if it has that block mode you want. Logseq I seem to recall worked with blocks as it is an Outliner that does save in Markdown format, but I did not like that the outline blocks added characters to the file format that slightly broke compatibility with standard Markdown formats. But blocks was Logseq’s strength.

  • Sickday@kbin.earth
    1·
    5 months ago

    I can reccommend Trilium. I think it has what you’re looking for. | Nevermind. Looks like the project is in maintenance mode for now.