Compare Chrome extensions: Open in StackEdit vs Markdown Anywhere

Stats Open in StackEdit Open in StackEdit Markdown Anywhere Markdown Anywhere
User count 720 496
Average rating 5.00 5.00
Rating count 2 4
Last updated 2019-08-09 2021-12-10
Size 15.52K 749.57K
Version 0.1.1 1.7.1
Short description
Open a GitHub or GitLab directory as a StackEdit workspace. Distraction-free Markdown editing for the web
Full summary

This open-source extension allows you to open a path in a GitHub or GitLab repository in StackEdit as a workspace at that path simply by clicking on the StackEdit toolbar icon.

Source code can be found here: https://github.com/ProbablyFaiz/Open-In-StackEdit-Chrome

This extension launches a full-page syntax-aware Markdown editor, with instant preview, for any plain textarea on the web. Default or Vim keymaps are supported.

Usage: While on a page with a plain textarea, activate the editor with Alt-Shift-H. When finished, hit the button or keyboard shortcut again. If you prefer vim, you can turn it on in Options. While in vim mode, :q or :wq will close the editor. You also always close the editor with the same keyboard shortcut you used to launch it. Hit the other keyboard shortcut (Alt-Shift-L) to toggle instant preview on and off.

Save/restore functionality: If you you vim keybindings, the command sequence :w will save a copy of the current editor buffer, in case you need to restore it. There is a history of saves, accessible via Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2, etc. The most recent save always gets pushed onto the Ctrl-1 buffer, moving the previously stored one to Ctrl-2, and so on. This can be used across Markdown Anywhere sessions, and helps in case the server loses your change due to network outage, etc..

Tip: You can change the keyboard shortcuts to whatever you want. See the "Keyboard Shortcuts" link at the bottom of your extensions list in Chrome.

Note: This extension is designed to work primarily with plain textareas that don't already have rich text editing capabilities. Using it on already-rich textareas, such as those found on Github, is not supported.

Attributions: The author would like to acknowledge the following artists for making their work available for public use: