Markdown Open With

Open your Markdown files with external applications directly from the editor title bar.

Installation

Install from VSIX (local build)

Clone the repo and build the extension package:

git clone https://github.com/ttaatoo/markdown-open-with
cd markdown-open-with
npm install
npm run compile
npm run package

In VS Code / Cursor: Extensions → ⋯ (top right) → Install from VSIX… → choose the generated markdown-open-with-0.1.0.vsix.

Or install from the command line:

code --install-extension markdown-open-with-0.1.0.vsix

Install from marketplace

Search for Markdown Open With in the Extensions panel and install, or run:

code --install-extension ttaatoo.markdown-open-with

Features

Adds an Open With button to the editor title bar for Markdown files
Configure multiple external applications (Typora, Obsidian, MarkText, custom scripts)
QuickPick menu for selecting the target application
Cross-platform support (macOS, Windows, Linux)

Usage

Open any .md file in VS Code
Click the Open With button (external link icon) in the editor title bar
Select an application from the QuickPick menu

If only one application is configured, it opens directly without showing the menu.

Configuration

Add applications to your settings.json:

{
  "markdownOpenWith.apps": [
    {
      "name": "Typora",
      "command": "/Applications/Typora.app/Contents/MacOS/Typora",
      "args": ["{file}"]
    }
  ]
}

Configuration fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`name`	`string`	Yes	Display name shown in the QuickPick menu
`command`	`string`	Yes	Executable path or command name
`args`	`string[]`	No	Arguments passed to the command

Placeholders

Placeholder	Replaced with
`{file}`	Absolute path of the current Markdown file

If args is omitted, the extension defaults to ["{file}"].

Platform examples

macOS

{
  "markdownOpenWith.apps": [
    {
      "name": "Typora",
      "command": "/Applications/Typora.app/Contents/MacOS/Typora",
      "args": ["{file}"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Obsidian",
      "command": "open",
      "args": ["-a", "Obsidian", "{file}"]
    }
  ]
}

Windows

{
  "markdownOpenWith.apps": [
    {
      "name": "Typora",
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Typora\\Typora.exe",
      "args": ["{file}"]
    },
    {
      "name": "MarkText",
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\MarkText\\MarkText.exe",
      "args": ["{file}"]
    }
  ]
}

Linux

{
  "markdownOpenWith.apps": [
    {
      "name": "Typora",
      "command": "typora",
      "args": ["{file}"]
    },
    {
      "name": "MarkText",
      "command": "marktext",
      "args": ["{file}"]
    }
  ]
}

Security notice

This extension executes user-configured system commands. Only configure trusted applications.

Arguments are passed as an array to child_process.spawn — no shell interpolation occurs.

Development

npm install
npm run compile
npm run test:unit

Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host.

License

MIT