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Caret vs MacDown: What are the differences?

Caret: Better Markdown Editor for Mac / Windows / Linux. Better Markdown Editor for Mac / Windows / Linux; MacDown: Open source Markdown editor for OS X. MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.

Caret and MacDown can be primarily classified as "Markdown Editors" tools.

Some of the features offered by Caret are:

  • Code Highlighting
  • Auto-Completion
  • Context Commands

On the other hand, MacDown provides the following key features:

  • Markdown Rendering
  • Additional Rendering Tools
  • Syntax Highlighting

MacDown is an open source tool with 7.86K GitHub stars and 957 GitHub forks. Here's a link to MacDown's open source repository on GitHub.

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    What is Caret?

    Better Markdown Editor for Mac / Windows / Linux

    What is MacDown?

    MacDown is an open source Markdown editor for OS X, released under the MIT License. It is heavily influenced by Chen Luo’s Mou.

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