# StackEdit review (2026): is it any good? > Free in-browser Markdown editor with cloud sync Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. StackEdit is a Markdown editor that runs in the browser, with live preview, formatting buttons and offline use. Files can sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub and be published to blogging platforms. It is open source under an Apache license. - **Category:** Docs & Wikis - **Made by:** Benoit Schweblin - **Website:** https://stackedit.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a wiki, as there is no page tree or team permission system. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, StackEdit is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Free to use; no paid plans are listed. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | The whole editor, with sync and publishing, with no paid tier on the site. | Read from https://stackedit.io on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with StackEdit before buying. ## Key features - **Markdown with live preview:** Syntax highlighting, formatting buttons and a scroll-synced preview panel. - **Markdown flavors:** Supports Markdown Extra, GitHub Flavored Markdown and CommonMark, each switchable. - **Math, diagrams and scores:** Renders LaTeX math, UML sequence diagrams and flow charts, and ABC musical notation. - **Sync and publishing:** Files sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub, and can be published to Blogger, WordPress and Zendesk. - **Collaboration and comments:** Shared workspaces merge simultaneous edits, and inline comments can be added to files. - **Offline writing:** The editor keeps working without a connection. ## Good for - Writers who want a quick Markdown editor without installing anything - People publishing posts from Markdown to WordPress or Blogger - Developers keeping notes synced to GitHub ## Worth knowing - It is an editor, not a wiki: there is no page tree or team permission system. - The site footer carries a 2013-2019 copyright notice, so check the project's activity before depending on it. - Sync and publishing need an account with the third-party service involved. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. StackEdit is a free in-browser Markdown editor that syncs with Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub and can publish to WordPress and others. It is an editor rather than a wiki, with no page tree or team permissions, and the site footer dates from 2013-2019, so check that it is still kept up. - **Value for money: A.** Free to use, with no paid plans listed anywhere on the site, which is under 60% of the category's cheapest quarter. - **Free plan and trial: A.** The whole editor, with sync and publishing, is free with no tier above it. Sync and publishing do need an account with the service involved. - **Features: D.** One narrow function: a Markdown editor with preview, math and diagrams, sync and publishing. For a docs or wiki category it has no page tree, no team permission system and no search across pages. - **Ease of use: B.** Nothing to install or configure: open the page and write. No store rating on record, so this rests on the listing alone. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, Blogger, WordPress and Zendesk connections, and offline writing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from StackEdit's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among docs and wiki tools - StackEdit's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 75 of the 86 other docs and wiki tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 61 of 86) and worst on features (D, above 0). - StackEdit has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/docs-wikis ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** StackEdit is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 75 of the 86 other docs and wiki tools we grade. - You could make: Markdown and documents: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A diagram editor. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Drive, Dropbox and GitHub among them. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, Blogger, WordPress, Zendesk **Tags:** Markdown, Open source, Works offline, Documents, Diagrams ## Alternatives - [HackMD](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hackmd): Real-time collaborative Markdown editor and knowledge base. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hackmd-vs-stackedit) - [HedgeDoc](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hedgedoc): Open-source, self-hosted collaborative Markdown editor. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hedgedoc-vs-stackedit) - [BookStack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bookstack): Free self-hosted wiki organized into books, chapters and pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bookstack-vs-stackedit) - [Outline](https://toolgpa.com/tools/outline): Fast team knowledge base and wiki, cloud-hosted or self-hosted. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/outline-vs-stackedit) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://stackedit.io - https://github.com/benweet/stackedit Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/stackedit Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).