Are these comparisons fair?

Each page is required to name at least two things the other tool does better, and several of them are decisive, diagrams, cloud sync, editing files in place. A comparison that only flatters the page it sits on is not worth reading, and readers spot it immediately.

Which Markdown editor is best for privacy?

Any editor that does its work locally, which includes desktop apps like Typora and this site. The distinction worth checking is whether a tool needs to send the document somewhere for its main features to work: sync, publishing and server-side rendering all mean it does.

Do I need to install anything to use All Markdown?

No. It runs in a browser tab with no account and no download, which is what makes it usable on a work laptop or a borrowed machine. It can optionally be installed as an app, which adds offline start-up and lets it open .md files from your desktop.

Is All Markdown free?

Yes. Every tool on the site is free and needs no account, and the free version stays that way: it runs on your device, so there is no plan to expire and nothing to lose access to. If a paid option is ever added it will be for something that needs a server, such as syncing between your devices, and it will sit beside these tools rather than replace them.

Which Markdown editor is best?

It depends on two things: where you work, and whether you are keeping the document or passing it through. Below is what each editor is actually good at, including the things they do better than this one, because a comparison that only flatters the page it sits on is not worth reading.

The short answer

If you want to…	Use
Open one file, convert it, and move on	All Markdown, nothing to install
Keep a linked knowledge base for years	Obsidian
Write long-form on your own machine	Typora, if you will pay for it
The same, without paying	MarkText
A workspace with databases a team can find	Notion
Work on a locked-down or borrowed machine	Anything in a browser tab

Most people end up with two: something that keeps their documents, and something that opens the one someone just sent them.

All Markdown vs Dillinger Dillinger is a long-running open-source Markdown editor that runs in the browser, with a split editor and preview and optional linking to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and GitHub..
All Markdown vs StackEdit StackEdit is an in-browser Markdown editor with a large feature set, sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub, publishing to blogging platforms, LaTeX maths, UML and Mermaid diagrams, and offline support..
All Markdown vs Typora Typora is a paid desktop Markdown editor for macOS, Windows and Linux, known for editing the rendered document directly rather than showing source and preview side by side..
All Markdown vs MarkText MarkText is a free, open-source desktop Markdown editor for macOS, Windows and Linux, built around editing the rendered document directly, with several editing modes and support for maths and diagrams..
All Markdown vs Obsidian Obsidian is a free desktop and mobile app that turns a folder of Markdown files into a linked knowledge base, with backlinks, a graph view and a large plugin ecosystem..
All Markdown vs Notion Notion is a hosted workspace that combines documents, databases, wikis and project tracking, where every page is a tree of blocks stored on Notion's servers..

What they have in common

All of them edit Markdown and show you a preview. None of them require you to learn a new format, and any document you write in one opens in the others: that is the point of Markdown, and it is why switching costs almost nothing.

Where they differ

Mostly in where the document goes. Editors built around synchronising and publishing need it to travel; desktop applications keep it on your disk; this one keeps it in the browser tab because there is no server it could be sent to. The second difference is scope: some of these do maths, diagrams and publishing, and this one deliberately does not.

Common questions

Which Markdown editor is best?: There is no single answer, and the useful split is whether you are keeping the document or passing it through. For a knowledge base you build over years, Obsidian. For long-form writing on your own machine, Typora or MarkText. For a workspace a team shares, Notion. For opening one file and converting it with nothing installed, this.
Are these comparisons fair?: Each page is required to name at least two things the other tool does better, and several of them are decisive, diagrams, cloud sync, editing files in place. A comparison that only flatters the page it sits on is not worth reading, and readers spot it immediately.
Which Markdown editor is best for privacy?: Any editor that does its work locally, which includes desktop apps like Typora and this site. The distinction worth checking is whether a tool needs to send the document somewhere for its main features to work: sync, publishing and server-side rendering all mean it does.
Do I need to install anything to use All Markdown?: No. It runs in a browser tab with no account and no download, which is what makes it usable on a work laptop or a borrowed machine. It can optionally be installed as an app, which adds offline start-up and lets it open .md files from your desktop.
Is All Markdown free?: Yes. Every tool on the site is free and needs no account, and the free version stays that way: it runs on your device, so there is no plan to expire and nothing to lose access to. If a paid option is ever added it will be for something that needs a server, such as syncing between your devices, and it will sit beside these tools rather than replace them.