View markdown files offline [closed]

Answer 1

Geany has a plugin for markdown which does a fair job, giving you also a Markdown preview in the sidebar. It also runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

To use it, install geany, then install the package geany-plugin-markdown and select it from the plugin manager.

Answer 2

One of the simplest resources that works well on MacOSX is the Markdown Quick Look plugin found at InkMark. After installing this on OS X 10.9+, you simply select a markdown file in Finder and tap the space bar. I am not certain if the results are correlated 100% with Github but they are pretty good and make for a tiny unobtrusive offline viewer only solution. Mashable also wrote an article on 78 different tools if you'd like other options.

Answer 3

There are people who does not use Google Chrome. There is a Firefox add-on called Markdown Viewer which is able to read Markdown files offline.

Answer 4

have you tried ReText? It is a nice desktop Markdown editor

Answer 5

An easy solution for most situations: copy/paste the markdown into a viewer in the "cloud." Here are two choices:

1. Dillinger.io
2. Dingus

Nothing to install! Cross platform! Cross browser! Always available!

Disadvantages: could be hassle for large files, standard cloud application security issues.

Answer 6

There are a few Chrome plug-ins that work well. I've been using Markdown Preview Plus.

After install, enable "Allow access to file URLs" in Extensions (menu > More tools > Extensions or enter URL chrome://extensions/ instead).

Then drag-n-drop a Markdown file onto Chrome and use your favorite editor to edit.