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prose

prose is a Markdown editor: Markdown support, offline use, themes and dark mode.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

prose is a Markdown editor.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: Markdown support, offline use, themes and dark mode.

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
  • “Free, minimal, and elegant open-source markdown editor that provides optional AI that doesn” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Free, minimal, and elegant open-source markdown editor that provides optional AI that doesn” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Use it as a clean, fast, local-first editor.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “The toolbar and the sidebar header are yours to arrange, and separate Light and Dark themes follow the system.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Listing written automatically from verified facts.

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