MarsEdit - Making Blogging Easier

As more and more people grow tired of corporate controlled social media they are turning back the clock to the early days of the web and taking up blogging. There is a growing IndieWeb culture worldwide. Most blogging platforms like Micro.blog, Bear Blog, Tumblr, Pika and various Word Press iterations have online editors for use within a web browser in which you can compose your posts. By and large they are all lacking. You're locked into using rich text when you'd rather use Markdown or vice-versa or maybe you're asked to code stuff and you're not a coder. MarsEdit, the blog editor by Red Sweater software steps in admirably to fill the gap. With MarsEdit you can choose your writing style, WYSIWYG or different styles of Markdown. It provides word processing features like search and replace.  If you choose Markdown, you can get previews of rendered text quickly.  The focus is on writing. There's even a typewriter mode to keep what you're typing centered on the screen. There are multiple ways to get images into your blog posts, including from iOS devices, Apple Photos, file selection or drag and drop. No Internet access is required to compose and you can use the built in calendar to schedule posting whenever you'd like.

Mars Edit works with WordPress, Micro.blog, Tumblr, TypePad, Movable Type, and any blog that supports a standard MetaWeblog or AtomPub interface.

A license for MarsEdit will set you back $59.95 or you can get it from Setapp.

If MarsEdit doesn't suit your style, other editors to consider are Scrivener and Ulysses.