GitHub Writer

A WYSIWYG rich-text editor for GitHub issues, comments and pull requests. Powered by CKEditor.

What is GitHub Writer?

'GitHub Writer' is a Chrome extension that serves as a WYSIWYG rich-text editor on GitHub. Its integration into GitHub's interface makes writing issues, reviews, pull requests and wikis simpler. It includes all features from the standard GitHub plain-text editor, such as Markdown input, but provides easy-to-use tools for crafting tables and other structures. GitHub Writer, empowered by CKEditor 5, enhances the user experience by removing the necessity to switch to the 'Preview' tab to view progress. This open-source project invites valuable user feedback and contributions.

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By: CKSource

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.65 (17)

Version: 1.10.4 (Last updated: 2024-04-12)

Creation date: 2020-07-03

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 3.45M

Email: br*****@cksource.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 18527 ▲ 32

Other rankings

#182 in Developer Tools ▲ 1 #7 in github keyword 38 #30 in text editor keyword 12 ▲ 1 #76 in writing keyword 61 ▲ 1

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About

GitHub Writer is a WYSIWYG rich-text editor for GitHub. The extension is available when creating or commenting on issues, reviews, pull requests, and wikis.

It provides all the features available in the GitHub plain-text editor, including Markdown input. For features like tables, it offers a much easier experience in comparison to plain-text Markdown and allows users to be more productive. No more switching to the Preview tab to see what you write!

It is powered by CKEditor 5, a modern JavaScript rich-text editor.

GitHub Writer is an Open Source project and your questions, feedback and contributions are always welcome.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Makes writing on GitHub much easier
Great for creating and editing readme.md and other markdown files without manual formatting
Can be used for editing large tables and issues simplifying the process
Improves the readability of content while editing
Essential tool for daily GitHub work

Cons

Doesn't work in all situations
Lack of cell merging feature in tables, both horizontally and vertically
Stopped working for some users
Some markdown content is impossible to write in the extension
Does not work on Android browser and Wiki pages

Most mentioned

Improvement in readability and structure of content during editing
Ease of writing with the extension in a WYSIWYG format
Lack of specific features (like cell merging in tables or working on certain pages)
Stopped working for some users
Does not work on all devices or browsers

Recent reviews

Great extension! A WYSIWYG editor like this is needed for ALL web sites with comment input fields, if there is a way to detect if a website supports markdown input. Or perhaps the user could manage the allow list, like great suspender does.