Markdown Reader

Name: Markdown Reader
Rating: 4.85 (60 reviews)
Author: https://md-reader.github.io/

The best way to preview Markdown in your browser.

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Markdown Reader is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by providing fast and detailed previews of Markdown documents. It supports a wide range of file formats including .md, .mkd, .mdx, and .markdown across local and online files, requiring permissions for local file access.

Enjoy features like syntax plugins that render emoticons, formulas, flowcharts, and more. Customize your view with high-quality dark and light themes alongside code highlighting. The extension also offers a sidebar table of contents, real-time document refreshing, image previews, and handy browser shortcuts for quick invocation. Please remember to enable "Allow access to file URLs" in Chrome settings to preview local Markdown files smoothly.

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By:

https://md-reader.github.io/

Users:

30,000

Rating:

4.85

(60)

Version:

3.4.0 Last updated: 2025-07-01

Creation date:

2019-04-11

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
tabs

Size:

11.27MB

Email:

be*****@163.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-11

Ranking

# 4,489 ▲ 52

Other rankings

#179 in Tools ▲ 1

#36 in permission keyword 12 ▲ 1

#85 in reader keyword 69 ▲ 4

#116 in example keyword 9 ▲ 11

#132 in file keyword 58 ▲ 6

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Other platforms

Markdown Reader (v3.2.2)

4,334 5.00

(4)

Publisher Change History

2024-04-26: Email was changed from 85*****@qq.com to be*****@163.com

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User reviews

Markdown Reader is praised for its excellent rendering quality, simplicity, and quick performance, making it one of the best markdown viewers available. Users appreciate its support for local and online files, clean UI, and developer responsiveness. Common issues include the non-functional code line wrapping feature, narrow default width for display, and occasional problems with rendering markdown files fetched from servers.

Pros

Easy to use and user-friendly with a clean and simple interface.
Excellent markdown rendering with support for complex markdown elements and inline HTML tags.
Lightweight and fast, performs better than other heavy or clunky markdown viewers.
Supports both local files and URLs with drag-and-drop functionality.
Responsive and responsible developer with good feature support and updates.

Cons

Some users reported the 'Wrap Code Lines' feature doesn't work properly.
The default max-width styling (900px) is too narrow for some users, who requested it be wider.
The extension does not support direct rendering of markdown files served from servers (sometimes triggers download instead).

Recent reviews

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Fi*****, 2025-06-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Markdown Reader requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Markdown Reader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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