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Markdown Viewer Ultra

by danarrib · Developer Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Render text/markdown responses and .md files as GitHub-styled Markdown. Light/dark theme. Toggle raw view anytime.

Users
181
+43 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#66K
#55K among extensions
Version
0.4.0
updated 5 Jun 2026

Users

monthly, 5 months
090181May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 181 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 5 months
012May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Markdown Viewer Ultra

Markdown Viewer Ultra turns any page Chrome would otherwise show as raw text into a clean, GitHub-style document — automatically. If a server responds with Content-Type: text/markdown (or you open a .md / .markdown file served as plain text), the extension parses it with GFM-compatible Markdown, sanitizes the output, and replaces the raw view with formatted HTML: headings, tables, code blocks, task lists, blockquotes, images, and links — exactly as you'd expect them to look on GitHub. WHAT IT RENDERS • text/markdown and text/x-markdown responses • Local and remote .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, .mkdn files served as text/plain • GitHub-Flavored Markdown: tables, task lists, strikethrough, fenced code, autolinks FEATURES • Toolbar popup with three themes: Auto (follows your OS), Light, Dark • Content-width picker: Narrow (920px), Wide (1440px), or Full (fills the window) • Syntax highlighting for ~30 common languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, C/C++/C#, Java, SQL, Bash, JSON, YAML, HTML, CSS, and more) — colors follow the active theme • Mermaid diagrams — mermaid code blocks render as charts, matching the active theme and loaded only when a page contains one • Localized UI in 17 languages: English, Português (BR), Português (PT), Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Русский, हिन्दी, বাংলা, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Türkçe, עברית, العربية • "See original" link in the page footer to flip to the raw Markdown source, and "See rendered" to flip back • Same toggles are available in the popup • GitHub-style typography and code-block coloring (including light/dark prettylights palette) • Mobile-friendly responsive layout • Theme + width preferences sync across your signed-in Chrome browsers PRIVACY • No data collection — at all • No network requests — every render happens locally in your browser • No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking • The only things stored are your theme and width preferences, kept in Chrome's built-in storage • On uninstall, Chrome opens the project's feedback page so you can tell us what to fix SECURITY • Output is sanitized with DOMPurify before being inserted into the page • Manifest V3, no remote code, no eval — all libraries (marked, DOMPurify, highlight.js, Mermaid, github-markdown-css) are bundled locally • Open source — review the code yourself HOW TO USE 1. Install the extension 2. (Optional) Enable "Allow access to file URLs" on the extension's details page if you want it to work on local .md files 3. Open any Markdown page — it renders automatically 4. Click the toolbar icon to switch theme, change width, or view the original source PERMISSIONS • Storage — saves your theme and width preferences • Access to all sites — needed because Markdown can be served from any domain, and Chrome only exposes the response MIME type after the page loads. The extension exits immediately on every page that isn't Markdown. Questions, bugs, or feature requests? Open an issue on the project page.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+6+3.4%00.00
30 days+43+31.2%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
0.4.05 Jun 2026
0.3.027 May 2026

Details

Category
Developer Tools
First seen
27 May 2026
Size
850 KB
Languages
de, en, tr, es, fr, it, pt-BR, pt-PT
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
kpggmaimnaljpecjkdmonkpobdeadmpm

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storage

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