#4.53 / 17 rate

GitHub Writer

2,000 users

2020-07-03

CKSource

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This extension is being deprecated because it doesn't follow Chrome extension best practices.

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Description

A WYSIWYG rich-text editor for GitHub issues, comments and pull requests. Powered by CKEditor.

# 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.

Reviews

Luke Leber

There are certainly some functionality gaps. The extension only works with a limited subset of GitHub inputs. Omitted are editing MD source files and wiki entries (probably two of the most complex use cases!).

Justin Goldberg

Great extension! A WYSIWYG editor like this is needed for ALL web sites with comment input fields, if there is a way to detect if a website supports markdown input. Or perhaps the user could manage the allow list, like great suspender does.