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editmd vs AI Text Cleaner

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editmd compared with AI Text Cleaner
Detaileditmd logo editmdAI Text Cleaner logo AI Text Cleaner
What it doesA native markdown editor for macOS with real-time collaborative editing powered by AI agents Free browser-based tool to remove invisible characters, odd spaces, curly quotes and Markdown from AI-generated text
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inCA Not given
Pricing modelOpen source Free
PricingNot given Not given
Key features
  • Real-time collaborative merging of concurrent edits using Y.js CRDT
  • Autosave one second after typing stops, or every five seconds if typing continues
  • Preserves file encoding, line endings, YAML/TOML front matter, and reference-style links
  • GitHub Flavored Markdown support including tables, task lists, and footnotes
  • Mermaid diagram rendering with live preview
  • Safe handling of untrusted external documents
  • Remote image blocking until explicitly allowed by user
  • Toggle between WYSIWYG and raw markdown view with Cmd-/
  • Supports both Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 14 or later
  • Remove invisible characters including zero-width spaces, byte order marks and word joiners
  • Replace unusual spaces with normal spaces
  • Straighten curly quotes to plain quotes
  • Convert long dashes to hyphens, commas or spaces
  • Replace en dashes with hyphens for number ranges
  • Strip Markdown formatting symbols
  • Fix extra spaces and collapse blank lines
  • Fix lookalike letters from other alphabets
  • Normalize Unicode to combine accents with base letters
What makes it different
  • Only editor that merges AI agent edits in real time without breaking user workflow, using CRDT technology
  • Native macOS app with WebKit bundled so no network calls needed
  • WYSIWYG editor that saves as plain markdown files
  • Preserves exact file bytes when opening and saving without editing
  • Built with heavy AI assistance for reliability and correctness
  • Runs entirely in your browser with no server upload or data storage
  • Works with text from any AI tool or source
  • Shows exactly which unusual characters were found in your text
  • Preserves paragraph structure and line breaks
  • Free with no sign-up required
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)8 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)150
Citation Flow (Majestic)340
Referring domains (Majestic)2240

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