A standalone Markdown editor

Latest Version

Version
1.0
Update
January 31, 2014
Size
363KiB
Developer
Category
Users
458
Rating
4.33333 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
UnlimitedStorage
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Light Markdown Editor Extension

Light Markdown Editor is a live editor for typing Markdown with a live preview in Google Chrome.

lightmd does not rely on a backend. It does not send the content to any external server.

lightmd is designed to be lightweight, not feature rich, while still providing some flexibility as a scratchpad.

Preview supports three styles, None (browser default rendering), Github (inspired), and a custom lightmd style (seen in screenshot).

lightmd allows for export to .md, HTML, and printing directly from the preview frame (must hit the Print button, not Ctrl+P).

The extension stores your content while you type in the browsers local storage. It has 4 \"slots\" which can be swapped between as you wish.

NB! Wiping browser local storage will wipe the contents stored in these editors!

lightmd uses a JavaScript library for converting Markdown to HTML (markdown-js), which has some limitations. It only supports basic Markdown and does not support inline HTML.

lightmd is open source and available on GitHub: https://github.com/jorgenys/lightmd
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Light Markdown Editor", "short_name": "lightmd", "version": "1.0", "author": "J\u00f8rgen NYSTAD", "description": "A standalone Markdown editor", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "permissions": [ "unlimitedStorage" ], "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": false }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "19": "icon19.png", "38": "icon38.png" }, "default_title": "Launch Markdown Editor" }, "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'"}
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User reviews

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Sushruta Bhattacharjee (ID: 000000c689a12b30) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 09/04/2021 Hasn't had an update in years but still works fine, and does what it says. I know it's meant to be lightweight, but any chance of syncing the notes with Dropbox or Nextcloud?

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阿狸 (ID: 000000409e40fb55) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 01/07/2019 Bad support for Chinese, and the theme can not choose black

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Joel Dare (ID: 000000b955cc51c5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/01/2016 Looks great to me. I'll use it to keep random notes in my browser and to write an MD file on occasion.

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Shen Sherlock (ID: 000000c6c0daaaac) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 09/17/2015 It's ok, but not support ''' syntax, which used to mark multi-line text as code.