Mdown: Markdown Viewer — offline reader, themes, TOC icon

Mdown: Markdown Viewer — offline reader, themes, TOC

by Vadim Semenko · Developer Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Read Markdown beautifully. Fully offline, no account, no data collected. Themes, TOC, search.

Users
16
+4 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#162K
#135K among extensions
Version
1.0.1
updated 30 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months
0816Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 16 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 months
012Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2 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 Mdown: Markdown Viewer — offline reader, themes, TOC

Mdown renders Markdown files in your browser — cleanly, instantly, and completely offline. Open a .md, .markdown, .mkd, .mdx or .mdc file and Mdown turns it into a readable document: proper headings, tables, task lists, footnotes, syntax-highlighted code, math and diagrams. No account, no sign-up, no subscription, and nothing is sent anywhere. WHY MDOWN • Truly offline. Every library is bundled. The only time Mdown touches the network is to re-read the file you are already viewing, when auto-reload is on. Nothing else leaves your device. • Private by design. Mdown runs only on Markdown files — URLs whose path ends in .md, .markdown, .mkd, .mdx or .mdc — on your disk and on the web (such as raw GitHub links). It does not run on ordinary web pages, reads nothing else, and collects no data. • Nothing is behind a paywall. Themes, fonts, column width, search and export are all free. READING, DONE WELL • 9 themes (light and dark), adjustable column width and text size. • Table of contents, and a find bar that searches the rendered text — including code. • A status line with word count and reading time. • Rendered ↔ raw toggle, and your scroll position is kept by block, so changing the theme or width never loses your place. FOR CODE AND DOCS • Syntax highlighting for common languages. • Math with KaTeX. (Prices like $5 and $10 stay as text — they are not turned into formulas.) • Mermaid diagrams, rendered off the page thread so a large diagram never freezes the tab. • Auto-reload for live preview next to your editor: edit the file, the view updates and keeps your position. • Copy for AI, Print, and Export to a self-contained HTML file. WHEN A FILE WON'T OPEN Most Markdown viewers show a blank page or a spinner when something goes wrong. Mdown never does. If a file can't be shown, it explains exactly why — the browser's file-access switch is off, or the server sent the file as a download instead of a page — and offers one clear action to fix it. Open source, MIT-licensed.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+6.7%00.00
30 days+4+33.3%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.130 Jul 2026

Details

Category
Developer Tools
First seen
30 Jul 2026
Size
1.8 MB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
mdown.zerosix.studio
Support
mdown.zerosix.studio
Extension ID
dhfdpajncdhkdlobokfdancadpbjfajg

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2
Permissions
storageoffscreenactiveTabscriptingdeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

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