Markdown CoolReader

Opens Markdown (.md) files in Chrome formatted for reading: headings panel, search, dark mode, editing, Word and HTML export.

Markdown CoolReader turns Markdown files into clean, readable documents the moment you open them in Chrome. No app to install, no account, nothing to configure: open a .md file and read it. READ COMFORTABLY • Clear typography for headings, lists, quotes, tables and code • A headings panel on the left that follows where you are, and folds away when you need room • Syntax highlighting for code blocks • Task lists with checkboxes, numeric table columns aligned, front matter shown as tidy tags MAKE IT YOURS • Light, dark or automatic theme • Text size, column width and a sans or serif font, remembered for next time FIND AND NAVIGATE • Search the document with Ctrl+K; F3 steps through every match • Links to other .md files open them, formatted as well • Obsidian-style [[wikilinks]] and images stored next to the file work as they are EDIT AND EXPORT • Edit right on the formatted page, with only what Markdown can write • Save the .md with Ctrl+S: whatever you did not touch is kept exactly as it was • Export to Word (.docx), to a self-contained web page (.html), or print to PDF GETTING STARTED 1. Install the extension. Its welcome page opens. 2. To read files from your computer, turn on "Allow access to file URLs" in the extension's details. The welcome page takes you there in one click. 3. Drag a .md file into Chrome, or press Ctrl+O and pick one. Optional: allow websites from the welcome page to also format .md files that sites serve as plain text, such as raw files on GitHub. Regular web pages are never changed. PRIVACY Everything happens in your browser. Markdown CoolReader has no server, no account, no analytics and no ads, and it does not collect or send any data. Only your reading preferences are stored, on your device. Supported files: .md, .markdown, .mdown, .mkd, .mdx