GitHub Writer

SUMMARY

# About

GitHub Writer is a WYSIWYG rich-text editor for GitHub. The extension is available when creating or commenting on issues, reviews, pull requests, and wikis.

It provides all the features available in the GitHub plain-text editor, including Markdown input. For features like tables, it offers a much easier experience in comparison to plain-text Markdown and allows users to be more productive. No more switching to the Preview tab to see what you write!

It is powered by CKEditor 5, a modern JavaScript rich-text editor.

GitHub Writer is an Open Source project and your questions, feedback and contributions are always welcome.

The latest version of GitHub Writer is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 2,000 active users. The initial version was launched on 2020-07-03.

HOW TO INSTALL GitHub Writer FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download GitHub Writer CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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