Gloss - VS Code Extension
Gloss through your markdown without touching it.
A distraction-free markdown reader for VS Code.
Features
Reading Mode
- Auto-preview on open — Markdown files open in a rendered view by default
- Close source tab — Automatically closes the editor tab, leaving only the preview
- Edit command — Press
Cmd+Shift+E to switch to edit mode
- Pattern matching — Configure which files open in reading mode
- Syntax highlighting — Code blocks with full highlight.js support
- Mermaid diagrams — Fenced
mermaid blocks render as diagrams
- Find in page —
Cmd+F to search within the rendered view
- Print support —
Cmd+P to print the rendered document
Configuration
{
"gloss.enabled": true,
"gloss.patterns": ["**/*.md", "**/*.markdown"],
"gloss.exclude": ["**/CHANGELOG.md"],
"gloss.zenMode": false,
"gloss.closeSourceTab": true,
"gloss.showStatusBar": true
}
Commands
| Command |
Keybinding |
Description |
Gloss: Edit This File |
Cmd+Shift+E |
Switch from preview to editor |
Gloss: Toggle Reading Mode |
— |
Enable/disable globally |
Gloss: Open in Reading Mode |
— |
Open current file in preview |
Privacy
No telemetry, no analytics, no network requests (except CDN for syntax highlighting and diagram rendering).
Development
cd extension
npm install
npm run compile
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch Extension Development Host
License
MIT
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