ReadableMD

Privacy-first Markdown viewer with local Mermaid, math, themes, presentations, exports, no accounts, tracking, or uploads.

ReadableMD turns Markdown files and raw Markdown web documents into a calm, immersive reading experience—without accounts, advertising, analytics, or document uploads. READ MARKDOWN COMFORTABLY • Clean, distraction-free reading layout • Light, dark, and automatic themes • Adjustable font family, font size, line height, and content width • Table of contents navigation • Raw Markdown view and print-friendly styles • RTL and multilingual document support • Keyboard shortcuts and automatic refresh for changing documents RICH MARKDOWN RENDERING • GitHub-Flavored Markdown • Tables, task lists, footnotes, alerts, emoji, and definition lists • Syntax-highlighted code blocks with copy controls • Mermaid diagrams with zoom, fullscreen, download, and Escape-to-close controls • KaTeX mathematical equations • Enhanced image viewer FOCUS AND PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS • Presentation mode for focused reading • Mind map view generated from document headings • HTML export • Text annotations • Recent document history • Local Markdown file support PRIVACY BY DESIGN ReadableMD processes documents locally in your browser. It does not upload document contents to a ReadableMD server. • No account required • No advertising, analytics, tracking, or telemetry • No cloud document processing • Preferences and recent-document metadata stay in Chrome storage • Temporary local cache can be cleared from settings SUPPORTED FILES ReadableMD supports .md, .markdown, .mkd, and .mdx documents served from local files and web URLs. To open local files, enable Allow access to file URLs in Chrome’s extension details. PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • Storage saves local preferences, recent-document metadata, and temporary local data. • Host access detects and renders Markdown files from local files and web URLs, and supports local auto-refresh and image loading when required by browser restrictions. All rendering is performed locally in the browser. ReadableMD is free to use.