Markdown editors

I’m looking for a proper Markdown editor. Here are the usage scenarios and criteria I have in mind:

  • I plan to use it as an editor to write my diary.
  • I want the editor to be nice
  • I want to see the pictures in the preview (or in the editor itself) right away
  • I want support, for example when entering the link to a picture it should show me the picture files in the directory - at least as good as VS Code does it…

Here are the editors I looked at and the Pros & Cons:

  • Byword: 🛑 Doesn’t show the pictures in the preview
  • MacDown: 🛑  Shows the pictures in the preview, but has no support to enter references to pictures and flickers a lot: It feels as it would redraw the entire page with every character I enter… That’s annoying!
  • Abricotine:  Looks nice, it shows the pictures. Pros & Cons:

  • Pro: I have only one window: Writing and previewing happens in the same panel - which is a nice experienece I think.

  • Pro: It supports nicely to add pictures: With a proper dialogue, even with shortcuts 😜
  • Pro: It’s Open Source
  • Con: My Pictures taken from the iPhone show up upside-down. As many apps have this problem I account this to a Mac-specific problem - and it’s easy to fix…
  • Con: It hangs often. Seems to mostly when I open/create a new document.

  • Notable: 🛑 Nice on Mac, but no image preview or image insertion support.

  • Obsidian: That’s a totally diffrent thinhg, will have to find out later…