Markdown Viewer & Reader – mdedit.ai

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A VS Code extension that provides a powerful markdown preview and reading experience. It supports rich markdown features, including tables, code blocks, math formulas, mermaid diagrams, graphviz, mathjax, and more. With mdedit.ai, you can easily preview and read markdown files with enhanced formatti

Installation

Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.

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Markdown Viewer & Reader – mdedit.ai

Beautifully render Markdown files in VS Code with a live preview panel, syntax highlighting, diagrams, and more.

A fast Markdown viewer that instantly renders your .md files into a clean reading experience — right inside your editor.

Features

Live preview — side-by-side panel that updates as you type
GitHub-style Markdown (GFM) — tables, task lists, strikethrough, autolinks
Math rendering — inline and block LaTeX via KaTeX
Diagram support — Mermaid, Graphviz, and Mindmap / Markmap diagrams
Code syntax highlighting — all major languages
Local image support — relative image paths resolve correctly
Light / dark theme — follows your VS Code color theme automatically
Works offline — no internet connection required

Screenshots

Rich formatting with tables

Mermaid sequence diagrams

Mind maps (Markmap) Mind map rendering

Graphviz flowcharts

Usage

Open any .md file in VS Code.
Click the preview icon in the editor title bar, or open the Command Palette and run "MD Editor: Open Markdown Preview".
The preview panel opens to the side and stays in sync as you edit.

Export

Open the Command Palette and run one of:

Markdown Viewer & Reader: Export to HTML — saves a styled .html file (with images rewritten to file:// URLs when possible).
Markdown Viewer & Reader: Export to PDF — opens a temporary HTML export in your default browser and triggers the print dialog (use “Save as PDF”).

Privacy

No data is sent to any server. All rendering happens locally inside the VS Code webview sandbox.

Built by mdedit.ai, the AI-powered Markdown editor for technical writers.