What is Markdown Preview Plus?

Markdown Preview Plus is a Chrome extension developed by https://www.ooso.net, and its main feature is "Converts and previews markdown files (.md, .markdown) to HTML(include TOC) right inside Chrome and support live reload".

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Download Markdown Preview Plus Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

Automatically parses markdown files (.md) into HTML with live reload

Usage:

1. Install extension from webstore (creates no new UI)
2. Check "Allow access to file URLs" in chrome://extensions listing:
3. Open local or remote .md file in Chrome.
4. See nicely formatted HTML!

Note: The auto reload feature is disabled default.

## Features

* Support auto reload.
* Support external css file.
* Customize theme for every md file.
* Support github flavored markdown.
* Export nicely formatted HTML.
* Support render Katex, Mermaid.

The extension is open source. https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview

## Release Notes

### 0.8.5 ###

* Fixes the TOC feature
* Upgrade the mermaid lib to v10.8.0

### 0.8.4 ###

* Add more description for options
* Update library mermaid, marked to latest

### 0.8.3 ###

Fixes a bug for highlight code

### 0.8.2 ###

Restore plantuml rendering capability

### 0.8.1 ###

* Update mermaid to v10.2.0
* Update katex to latest version
* Update marked to v5.0.2
* Remove supports for sequence, puml and flow. Use mermaid instead

Extension Basic Information

Name	Markdown Preview Plus
ID	febilkbfcbhebfnokafefeacimjdckgl
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/markdown-preview-plus/febilkbfcbhebfnokafefeacimjdckgl
Description	Converts and previews markdown files (.md, .markdown) to HTML(include TOC) right inside Chrome and support live reload
File Size	2.57 MB
Installation Count	104,180
Current Version	0.8.5
Last Updated	2024-03-04
Publish Date	2020-05-18
Rating	4.10/5 Total 228 Ratings
Developer	https://www.ooso.net
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview
Help Page URL	https://github.com/volca/markdown-preview/issues
Supported Languages	en-US
manifest.json
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