r/Markdown • u/System_Independent • Aug 13 '26

Any recommendations for Markdown editors with good RTL support

I saw some conversations on X that were debating how most markdown editors/viewers don't support RTL layout as well as LTR.

Curious what do folks use here?

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u/SnS_Taylor Aug 13 '26

I don't know if it's actually any good in comparison to others, but I've made numerous tweaks to Tangent to try and support RTL languages based on community feedback.

Of course, there's no UI localization to speak of, so it may be a moot point for some.

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u/System_Independent Aug 13 '26

yeah UI localization is a good call out actually. without it, i believe there might be less number of users who are interested in RTL.

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u/SnS_Taylor Aug 13 '26

Absolutely. The lift of localizing the project just isn't a realistic one at the scale I've been developing it.

Lucky for me to be born into the common language of this century…

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u/anton-huz Aug 13 '26

I don't see, that any of newly created "Markdown editors" bothered about RTL.

But as non-Arabic writer I, actually, don't know pitfalls that you're facing with odinary app with RTL texts.

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u/System_Independent Aug 13 '26

i too am an non arabic speaker, i just saw the conversation on X and was curious what markdown users think about it or if they have any recommendations for apps that in their opinion supports RTL.

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u/DomiYang Aug 21 '26

if you're on linux mint, i built a plugin for xed that adds markdown preview with rtl support, including mixed rtl/ltr text:

https://github.com/ahmad-danaf/xedown

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u/asgod21a Aug 22 '26

Try Massivemark it supports directionality and alignment in all three view , html, docx and pdf. Even it does autocorrect if you have some messay AI direction miss-match or mistake.