This is a simple overview I created for myself that I thought others could find helpful too.
A list of editors can be found here:
- Official editors: https://github.com/standardnotes/plugins
- Custom editors: https://github.com/jonhadfield/awesome-standard-notes
| Minimal Markdown | Basic Markdown | Markdown Visual | Bold Editor | Scratch Editor | Nimble Editor | Append Editor | Rich Markdown | TUI Markdown Editor | Quill Editor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formatting | ||||||||||
| Bold | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Italic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Underlined | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Strikethrough | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Lists | ||||||||||
| Unordered | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ordered | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Checklist | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Table | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visual editor | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Codeblock | Yes | Yes, syntax highlighting | Yes, but black | Yes, but barely visible | Yes | Yes | Yes, syntax highlight | Yes, but ugly | Yes, syntax highlight | Yes, syntax highlight |
| Links | ||||||||||
| clickable desktop | No | Yes | No | Yes, but two clicks | Yes, but two clicks | Yes | crashes the note | Yes | No, crashes note | Yes, two clicks and requires https:// |
| clickable mobile | No | Yes | No | Yes, but two clicks | Yes, but two clicks | No | crashes the note | Yes | No | Yes |
| Search | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Yes counter (13) | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Comment | Split panel editor | Same as Indent Editor? | supports fonts | Beta | Buggy, adding an elements sometimes removes existing | Split panel editor |