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Markdown Forge

Markdown Forge

Boussadjra Brahim

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Serve Markdown files as a live documentation website in the browser
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Markdown Forge

Serve your Markdown files as a live documentation website directly from VS Code.

Features

  • Live Preview — Instantly serve any folder of Markdown files as a browseable documentation site
  • Hot Reload — Changes in your editor are reflected in the browser in real time via WebSocket
  • 7 UI Themes — Default, GitHub, Minimal, Dark, Dracula, Nord, and Solarized
  • 13 Code Themes — Syntax highlighting powered by highlight.js with 13 selectable themes
  • Dark Mode — Toggle between light and dark modes
  • In-Browser Editing — Edit Markdown files directly in the browser and save back to disk
  • Full File Tree — Browse all workspace files with .gitignore-aware filtering
  • Static Export — Export your documentation as a standalone static site

Usage

  1. Open a folder containing Markdown files
  2. Open any .md file
  3. Click the globe icon in the editor title bar (or run Markdown Forge: Serve as Website)
  4. Your browser opens at http://localhost:4200 with your docs site

Commands

Command Description
Markdown Forge: Serve as Website Start the documentation server
Markdown Forge: Open in Browser Open the running site in your browser
Markdown Forge: Stop Server Stop the server
Markdown Forge: Export as Static Site Export to a static HTML site

Configuration

Setting Default Description
markdownForge.port 4200 Server port
markdownForge.theme default Active UI theme
markdownForge.autoReload true Auto-reload on file changes

License

MIT

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