Caret
Dev tools
markdown editor
SHOW HN2015
59points
57comments
#479of 2,565 in 2015
Top 19%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Design: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Looks slick and well designed
From 2 comments
I tried the application, and it looks great! One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document…
Bostwick on HNSome of the shortcuts look better thought out in Caret (in particular the inline file browser), but mostly, it just looks slicker. For 5 bucks, I don't expect it to be "much…
stdbrouw on HN
Word count display is useful
From 1 comment
I tried the application, and it looks great! One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document…
Bostwick on HN
Objections
Mac only; Windows and Linux not yet shipped
From 2 comments
For Mac, not Desktop.
thedaemon on HNUntil they ship something, that promise is completely useless for users of those platforms.
organsnyder on HN
No live preview by default
From 1 comment
Any Markdown editor worth its salt should have a permanent live preview without having to be pressing Contrl + P all the time. The lack of good desktop Markdown editors used to…
omegote on HN
Not based on CommonMark
From 1 comment
Too bad it is not based on CommonMark. They made a great effort to make a standard.
louhike on HN
Too similar to existing editors like MacDown and MarkdownPad
From 1 comment
What exactly makes this any better than MacDown (OSX), and Markdown Pad 2 (Windows)? Both have side live preview, and accomplish pretty much everything. There could be some QOL…
eugenekolo2 on HN
Requests
PDF export
From 1 comment
The big thing I would like to see in Markdown editors like this is a pdf export. It'd be nice to be able to send a rendered markdown document to people without them needing to…
drew-y on HN
Jekyll YAML front matter support
From 2 comments
I tried the application, and it looks great! One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document…
Bostwick on HNAny plans for front matter support?
bradgessler on HN
Questions
Is it free?
From 1 comment
Is this free?
softinio on HN
Why not a Vim, Sublime, Atom or Emacs plugin?
From 1 comment
Serious question: why is this not implemented a Vim/Sublime/Atom/Emacs plugin?
gamache on HN
Alternatives named
MacDown
From 2 comments
I tried the application, and it looks great! One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document…
Bostwick on HNWhat exactly makes this any better than MacDown (OSX), and Markdown Pad 2 (Windows)? Both have side live preview, and accomplish pretty much everything. There could be some QOL…
eugenekolo2 on HN
Marked 2
From 2 comments
For you vim lovers and Mac users out there, Marked 2 [1] in live reload mode works pretty great. For vim I like the vim-markdown plugin [2]. I get live preview, 9 different…
c0achmcguirk on HN2 things: 1) Markdown was intentionally designed to be readable without preview. 2) check out the Marked 2 app. It's basically a preview engine with lots of good export,…
masukomi on HN
Mou
From 1 comment
I've also been using Mou for a good while that gives you a live preview as you edit: http://25.io/mou/
res0nat0r on HN
MarkdownPad
From 1 comment
Not open source or free ($14.95), but MarkdownPad Pro[0] has a PDF export feature. [0] https://markdownpad.com/buy.html
stronglikedan on HN
Atom Markdown Preview
From 1 comment
> Any Markdown editor worth its salt should have a permanent live preview Atom has this with the "Markdown Preview" that pops-up with SHIFT + CTRL + M. It does most of what I…
2bluesc on HN