# nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus

A Notepad++ Plugin to view a Markdown file rendered on-the-fly

Repository: https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/markdownviewerplusplus
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: notepad-plugin, markdown, notepadplusplus, pdf, html
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-04-12T07:54:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3510, "days_push": 2700, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1386, forks 168 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.981164+00:00)

## What it is
A Notepad++ plugin that renders Markdown files on-the-fly in a dockable preview panel. It supports synchronized scrolling, custom CSS, and HTML/PDF export.

## Use cases
- preview markdown files while editing in notepad++
- render markdown to html from notepad++
- export markdown notes to pdf
- live markdown preview with synchronized scrolling
- apply custom css to markdown preview

## When to choose
- you edit markdown in Notepad++ on Windows and want instant rendered preview
- you need to export markdown to HTML or PDF from within Notepad++

## When to avoid
- you use editors other than Notepad++
- you need a cross-platform or actively developed solution
- you need CommonMark features newer than 0.28

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: markdown, pdf, templating, documentation
- domain: text-editors, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: notepad++, markdown-preview, commonmark, html-export, pdf-export, live-preview

## Member repositories
- nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.981164+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:54.894516+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.981164+00:00, sha 946314ebe08a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.