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vmd

Preview markdown files in a separate window. Markdown is formatted exactly the same as on GitHub.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • npm
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  1.  Support for MarkDown
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vmd information

  • Developed by

    Yoshua Wuyts
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

GitHub repository

  •  1,184 Stars
  •  109 Forks
  •  27 Open Issues
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What is vmd?

Features

GitHub style: The markdown content is rendered as close to the way it's rendered on GitHub as possible.

File watching: Local files opened in vmd are watched for changes and the viewer will automatically update when a file has been changed. This makes it ideal for writing documents in your favorite text editor and get a live preview.

Standard input: View any markdown text from other programs by piping another program's output in to vmd. Check out the examples for cool use cases.

Drag & Drop: Drag files from your file browser or desktop on to a vmd window and render it. Hold the Shift key while dropping to open the file in a new window.

Navigation: Navigate within linked sections in a document, open relative links to other documents in the same window or in a new one (shift-click), and always be able to go back in the history. And open links to directories in your file manager and external links in your default browser.

Clipboard: Copy links and local file paths to the clipboard, and even copy images in binary format to paste them in to your image editing software.

Emojis: Displays emoji. Take a look at the Emoji Cheat Sheet for a list of available emoji.

Checklists: Renders GitHub-style checklists.

Search in page: Search within your markdown file and scroll to the results. Select "Edit -> Find" from the menu or hit Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on OS X).

Customization: Select different themes and provide your own styles to make vmd look the way you want. Take a look at the Options for an overview of available customization options.

Front Matter: Renders Front Matter in YAML and, if enabled, in TOML and JSON so you can preview your Jekyll and Hugo content in vmd. See some examples.

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