# GitLab Markdown Viewer

> Renders markdown files in GitLab style.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gitlab-markdown-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gitlab-markdown-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gitlab-markdown-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** eph
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1,284
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 4.46 / 5 (39 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.8
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-02
- **First published:** 2018-02-21
- **Size:** 854 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gitlab-markdown-viewer/)

## Description

GitLab Markdown Viewer is a Chrome extension that renders markdown files in the authentic GitLab style, enhancing your browsing and documentation experience. It supports math formulas, making it ideal for technical documentation that requires mathematical expressions. Additionally, the extension is compatible with Firefox for Android, allowing users on mobile devices to enjoy seamless markdown rendering. Note that it supports only UTF-8 encoded markdown files to ensure proper display and formatting.

## Rankings

- #2,879 — Overall
- #35 — viewer
- #115 — gif
- #136 — math
- #192 — file

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Easy to install and use out of the box
- Works well on multiple platforms (Linux, Ubuntu)
- Renders markdown files correctly in the browser
- Lightweight compared to other solutions

### Cons

- Lacks dark mode support
- Limited functionality as it only views markdown, not edits
- Compatibility issues with .md files in uppercase
- Could provide more detailed documentation

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