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Best alternatives to Markdown Editor (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Markdown Editor, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Markdown Editor: reviews, users and permissionsBest Developer Tools extensions

Markdown Editor today

≈8K users4.1★ from 31 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions

Markdown Editor alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Markdown Editor for Chrome™

    Create and view Markdown files easily from anywhere with our simple, GitHub-flavored markdown editor.

    ≈10K users3.8★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Markdown Editor
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    Markdown Editor for Chrome™ alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    MultiTabs Markdown Editor

    Markdown Editor with Multiple Tabs

    ≈1K users4.6★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years14 permissions
    • About 8.0× fewer users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (14 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    MultiTabs Markdown Editor alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    XLS Editor Online

    Online and free editor for XLS files

    ≈10K users3.9★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions
    • A similar number of users to Markdown Editor
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  4. 4

    XLS Editor for Google Chrome™

    Edit xls files online and for free!

    ≈70K users4.0★ from 119 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions
    • About 8.8× more users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    XLS Editor for Google Chrome™ alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    LaTeX Editor

    A lite, free & flexible LaTeX editor app for your browser.

    ≈20K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
    LaTeX Editor alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    XLS Editor

    Create and edit XLS spreadsheets

    ≈80K users3.8★ from 157 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions
    • About 10× more users than Markdown Editor
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    XLS Editor alternativesCompare side by side
  7. 7

    Word Editor Online

    Select your Word DOCX document into the Word online editor, edit your Word documents and add Images, text to a Word file.

    ≈40K users3.3★ from 19 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions
    • About 5.0× more users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    Excel Editor Online

    Select your Excel XLSX document into the Excel online editor, edit your Excel documents and add Images, text to a Excel file.

    ≈20K users3.4★ from 7 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Excel Editor Online alternativesCompare side by side
  9. 9

    CSV Editor

    This extension allows you to upload, view, edit and download .csv files

    ≈5K users4.1★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions
    • About 1.6× fewer users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    CSV Editor alternativesCompare side by side
  10. 10

    Genspark to Obsidian markdown file

    Save Genspark conversations to Obsidian markdown file with one click. Batch export Genspark conversations

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions
    • About 8.0× fewer users than Markdown Editor
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
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Markdown Editor alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Markdown Editor?

By users, the most popular alternative is XLS Editor with ≈80K users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Markdown Editor for Chrome™.

Which Markdown Editor alternative has the best rating?

XLS Editor for Google Chrome™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.0 out of 5 from 119 ratings.

Is there a Markdown Editor alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

XLS Editor Online asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for Markdown Editor.

How many alternatives to Markdown Editor are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Markdown Editor on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.