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Hurrah: My Favourite Markdown Editor Just Dropped on Setapp

The magnificent Markdown editor Paper just became available on Setapp 🖇️, making it more accessible for more people to try out! I’ve written a thorough review of it previously, but here are the things you need to know:

  • It’s simply the best Markdown editing experience I know of. (And I’ve tried a lot.) Only Bear comes close.
    • And it’s excellent both on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
  • It’s very minimalistic (just opens as a blank, white “sheet of paper”).
    • At the same time, it has a bunch of hidden advanced features and customisation options.
  • It’s a file-based editor, as opposed to being library-based.
    • One good thing about this, is that it can be used in conjunction with other Markdown apps,
    • like using it as a nicer editor for notes stored in NotePlan, Obsidian, etc.
Paper screenshot of this blog post.

So, I wouldn’t primarily say it’s a “notes app”. It’s more of a “writing app” and “Markdown editor”. You could, of course, use it as a notes app – but then you have to rely on Finder/Files and x-callback-URLs for the organisation.

I highly recommend giving it a go, and play with the settings to make it behave like you want! Perhaps my favourite feature, is the combined Typewriter Mode and Focus Mode: