# Markdown Here

> Write your email in Markdown, then make it pretty.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `markdown-here`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Adam Pritchard
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 3,711
- **Weekly downloads:** 27
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (93 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.16.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-10
- **First published:** 2017-05-24
- **Size:** 1.15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/markdown-here/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/markdown-here/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/markdown-here/privacy/)

## Description

Markdown Here is a powerful Chrome extension designed to simplify email composition by allowing you to write your emails in Markdown and then convert them into beautifully formatted HTML with just a click. Ideal for programmers and mathematicians, Markdown Here supports syntax highlighting for code blocks and renders TeX formulae, making complex emails clear and professional.

Simply write your email in your favorite email client's rich editor using Github-flavored Markdown, right-click and select "Markdown Toggle" to render it instantly. Compatible with Gmail, Thunderbird, Yahoo, Hotmail, Google Groups, Evernote, Blogger, Wordpress, and more, this open-source extension ensures your data stays private by only modifying content locally without internet requests. Available across major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Thunderbird, Markdown Here streamlines your email formatting with ease and style.

## Rankings

- #1,433 — Overall
- #153 — Social & Communication
- #28 — writing
- #99 — countdown
- #130 — hotmail
- #166 — yahoo

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `scripting`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Markdown Here is a highly valued, long‑running plugin that improves productivity by adding Markdown support across emails and sites, with solid Gmail and Outlook handling and lighter permissions. However, reliability is a recurring issue, and LaTeX/Math rendering often fails or corrupts content. Some users also report crashes when used with the Webpage Sidebar extension. Overall, very useful, but expect occasional instability and math-related quirks.

### Pros

- Extremely useful and long-running plugin that keeps getting better (permissions reduced).
- Excellent Gmail support—formatting, links, code blocks, lists and bullets work as expected.
- Works in Outlook.
- Also works on any site that allows rich editing, not just email.

### Cons

- Very unreliable and often fails to work.
- LaTeX support breaks (no longer works) and math-mode ($...$) can delete content.
- Causes random crashes when used with the Webpage Sidebar extension.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/markdown-here)