Mark is a simple, intuitive way to read Markdown files as rich document right in your browser
Users
19
+4 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
6
+3 in 30 days
Store rank
#156K
#130K among extensions
Version
0.3.0
updated 6 Oct 2026
Users
monthly, 2 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:19 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 2 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:6 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.
About Mark
Double-click a .md file and read it like a document, not source code.
READING
- Opens local .md and .markdown files by double-click
- Contents sidebar built from your headings, with click-to-jump and live position
- Choose a floating sidebar that stays out of the way, or a fixed one pinned beside the text
- Fullscreen mode that hides the tabs
- Read-only - your files are never modified
APPEARANCE
- Six themes - White, Paper, and Dawn for light; Carbon, Ink, and Onyx for dark
- Custom themes - build your own from twelve tokens and save as many as you like
- Follows your system theme, and remembers a separate choice for light and dark
- Font, text size, and line spacing controls
- Adjustable content width, from a narrow reading column to full screen
MARKDOWN
- GitHub Flavored Markdown - tables, task lists, footnotes, strikethrough, automatic links
- Syntax highlighting with a language label and a copy button
- Math rendering with KaTeX, inline and block
- Mermaid diagrams - flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more
- Images, SVG, and safe embedded HTML
PRIVACY
Everything happens on your computer. Nothing is uploaded, there is no server, and there is no account.
The only things stored are your display preferences - theme, font, text size, spacing, width, and sidebar layout, kept in your browser's local storage.
Every document is sanitized before it renders.
SETUP
A setup guide opens automatically when you install Mark. It takes about ten seconds:
1. Turn on "Allow access to file URLs" in Chrome's extension settings. Chrome blocks extensions from reading local files until you do. Mark only reads files you open.
2. Set Chrome, or your browser of choice, as the default application for .md files on your system.
Then double-click any Markdown file.
Works in other other Chromium browsers.
COMING SOON
- Auto reload when the file changes on disk
- PlantUML diagrams
Mark is actively developed. See what's new and what's next:
https://mark.prajnaprabhu.com/changelog
More about the project: https://mark.prajnaprabhu.com
Free and open source: https://github.com/prajnao/mark
To request a feature or report a bug, please open an issue on GitHub.