OverType
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
May 5, 2026first mention
Sep 2, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“exists to let you do exactly this (for markdown)”
“I wonder if it would be possible to create a code editor in the same style OverType”
Caveats and dissent
“this doesn’t really work in mobile and it messes with the selection”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Collaborative Editing in CodeMirror 2 mentions
- Fine, I'll build my own text editor 1 mention
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All comments 3
“exists to let you do exactly this (for markdown)”
“this doesn’t really work in mobile and it messes with the selection”
“I wonder if it would be possible to create a code editor in the same style OverType”