Markdown Preview Plus

Converts and previews markdown files (.md, .markdown) to HTML(include TOC) right inside Chrome and support live reload

Markdown Preview Plus - Chrome Extension

"Markdown Preview Plus" is a Chrome extension that automatically parses markdown files (.md) into HTML with live reload support. It allows users to view nicely formatted HTML with features like custom themes, external CSS, GitHub flavored markdown, and support for KaTeX and Mermaid. Easily access local or remote markdown files by enabling 'Allow access to file URLs', and enjoy an efficient markdown viewing experience.

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By: https://www.ooso.net

Users: 90,000+

Rating: 4.10

(234)

Version: 0.8.9 (Last updated: 2024-11-27)

Creation date: 2020-05-18

Permissions:

storage
clipboardWrite

Host permissions:

file:///*

Size: 2.35M

Email: vo*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,308 ▲ 92

Other rankings

#9899 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 100

#10 in preview keyword 17

#130 in html keyword 19 ▲ 26

#149 in reload keyword 42 ▲ 8

#150 in file keyword 36 ▲ 20

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Markdown Preview Plus (v0.7.11)

20,230+ 4.30

(6)

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works well after enabling access to file URLs
Easy to set up and use
Effective at rendering Markdown for notes and documents
Multiple rendering themes available
Excellent for local Markdown file viewing

Cons

Does not render certain Markdown features properly
Issues with local file access on some operating systems
Lack of support for advanced Markdown features like footnotes and endnotes
Some users report rendering issues on specific platforms (e.g., macOS and Windows)
TOC (Table of Contents) does not scroll when lengthy

Most mentioned

Requires enabling 'Allow access to file URLs' to function correctly
Inconsistent rendering of Markdown syntax
Does not work properly with local files for some users
Desire for additional features like mermaid and better footnote support
Rendering issues with code blocks and special characters

User reviews

Mostly works out of the box, after setting Chrome-->Extensions-->Markdown Preview Plus-->Allow access to file URLS. Thanks so much for your work on this. After converting a Word doc to .md via "pandoc --number-sections -t markdown_strict MyFile.docx -o Myfile.md" I note it doesn't show section and subsection numbers. (Except in the table of contents, which shows them as pandoc rendered them in text.) I also lost some color text--not mission critical but nice to highlight "good" and "bad" things in my document. After reading https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11509830/how-to-add-color-to-githubs-readme-md-file I tried the diff method and the LaTeX method and neither seems supported. I may be doing something wrong of course. (I haven't tried on Github yet.) But if I'm doing it right, I'm sure you're considering adding Github extentions. It'd be very nice to have. Markdown of [7 FAQ](#faq) is converted by this plugin to an href to #faq correctly. But the markdown of # FAQ {#faq} doesn't come out as the expected <h1 id="faq">FAQ</h1>

Frank Sheeran, 2025-01-25

満足している．現時点でfootnoteが処理できないようだ．

Takeshi Fukuda, 2024-11-08

on PC this works great, I just tried it on mac OS though and it just looks black with white text, no images show up and no links works..... it seems broken on mac unfortunately.

Bryan Colvin, 2024-11-06

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