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Readme Previewer – Markdown Preview for VS Code (Beta)

Readme Previewer – Markdown Preview for VS Code (Beta)

Lalit Mahato

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Preview README.md files inside VSCode
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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📖 Readme Previewer – Markdown Preview for VS Code

Preview your README.md (and other markdown files) inside Visual Studio Code with a clean, GitHub-style layout.

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✨ Features

  • 🔹 Instant Preview: Render markdown just like GitHub.
  • 🔹 Syntax Highlighting: Code blocks styled with Highlight.js.
  • 🔹 Auto Refresh: Updates automatically when you save the file.
  • 🔹 Lightweight: Zero heavy dependencies, fast rendering.

🚀 Usage

  1. Open any README.md (or .md) file in VS Code.
  2. Click on Preview option from footer status bar or Run command Preview README from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P).
  3. A side-by-side preview will open with full markdown rendering.

📦 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

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