Markdawn

Markdawn - Beautiful Markdown, Rendered

Transform your local Markdown files into beautifully rendered documents with GitHub Flavored Markdown styling. Perfect for developers, writers, and anyone working with Markdown documentation.

🎨 KEY FEATURES

• GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) support
• Syntax highlighting for 190+ programming languages
• Math equations with KaTeX ($...$ for inline, $$...$$ for display)
• Mermaid diagrams for flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more
• Task lists with checkboxes
• Hash navigation - jump to sections with anchor links (#section)
• Light and dark themes
• Fast and lightweight - loads dependencies from CDN
• Clean, responsive design with max-width layout

📝 SUPPORTS

• Code blocks with syntax highlighting (JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust, and 180+ more)
• Tables, lists, blockquotes, and all standard Markdown features
• Inline and display math equations
• Task lists with interactive checkboxes
• Internal anchor links for easy navigation
• Both .md and .markdown file extensions

🚀 HOW TO USE

1. Install the extension
2. Enable "Allow access to file URLs" in extension settings
3. Open any local .md file in Chrome (file:///path/to/file.md)
4. Enjoy beautifully rendered Markdown!

💡 PERFECT FOR

• Reading README files
• Viewing documentation locally
• Reviewing Markdown notes
• Previewing blog posts written in Markdown
• Technical documentation with code examples
• Mathematical documents with equations

🔒 PRIVACY

Markdawn runs entirely locally - no data is sent to external servers. All rendering happens in your browser.