Revisiting the Text Editor Landscape
· 39 min · Episode 479
Episode Revisiting the Text Editor Landscape
This week on AppStories, John and Federico revisit the state of text editors on Apple platforms and how they use them.
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Links and Show Notes Text Editors Discussed
• Obsidian
• Obsidian CLI • Obsidian Sync
• Drafts
• Drafts Action Directory • Drafts MCP Server
• Notion • Panda • Bear • Zed
Other Markdown and Plain Text Editors
• iA Writer • Ulysses • Typora • MarkEdit • Clearly Markdown • Atlas • Runestone • FSNotes
File Formats
• TextBundle
AppStories+ Post-Show Writing Workflow Tools
• Claude Code • DropOver • Pandoc
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBmVMJR3DM&list=PLDSpdP6G2mHvrG8-MlfOsRXFd4N2V7otL
- https://appstories.net/plans
- https://www.macstories.net/appstories-plans/
- https://appstories.net/faq
- https://steamclock.com/appstories
- https://claude.ai/appstories
- https://obsidian.md
- https://obsidian.md/sync
- https://getdrafts.com
- https://actions.getdrafts.com
- https://forums.getdrafts.com/t/drafts-mcp-server-for-claude-ai-integration/16507
- https://notion.so
- https://bear.app
- https://zed.dev
- https://ia.net/writer
- https://ulysses.app
- https://typora.io
- https://github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit
- https://clearly.md
- https://contagious.dev/product/atlas/
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