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Jottr

Simple text and markdown editor mainly intended for writers, journalists and researchers.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Jottr is a Markdown editor, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: Markdown support and code completion.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Simple text and markdown editor mainly intended for writers, journalists and researchers” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Simple text and markdown editor mainly intended for writers, journalists and researchers” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Jottr has features like distraction-free writing, an integrated web-browser, customizable site-specific search from the context menu and smart auto-completion from saved snippets.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Jottr is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

A simple, opinionated plain text and markdown editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr has features like distraction-free writing, an integrated web-browser, customizable site-specific search from the context menu and smart auto-completion from saved snippets.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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