Markdown editor with live split-pane preview — GFM tables, fenced code with syntax highlight, math, emoji, table of contents, export as HTML / PDF-ready.
- Runs locally
- Category Text
- Best for Removing repetitive cleanup work from everyday writing and operations.
What this tool does
A full Markdown editor in the browser. Type on the left, see the rendered output on the right with the same scroll position, and get a live outline on the far right that updates as you write. Supports GitHub-flavor Markdown: heading 1-6, ordered + unordered + task lists, fenced code blocks with syntax highlight for eight languages (js, ts, python, html, css, json, bash, sql), GFM tables, blockquotes, inline + block math passthrough, emoji shortcodes (:smile:, :tada:), strikethrough, and clean HTML escaping so accidental angle brackets in your prose don't break the preview. Word count, character count, and estimated read time update on every keystroke; the math handles English wpm and Chinese characters-per-minute separately so a mixed Chinese / English doc gets a sensible number. Five starter templates ship in the dropdown: weekly report, technical blog, README, meeting notes, and function documentation, in both English and Chinese variants. Your draft autosaves to localStorage every 800ms so a tab crash doesn't lose work. Three exports: copy as rich text (the clipboard gets both text/html and text/plain, so paste into Feishu, DingTalk, Word, Notion, or Slack keeps the formatting; paste into a plain text field still gets the markdown source), download a .md file, or download a standalone .html file with inlined CSS that you can open in any browser without server. Keyboard shortcuts: Cmd/Ctrl+B for bold, Cmd/Ctrl+I for italic, Cmd/Ctrl+K for link, Tab for indent. 100% client-side, no upload, no API, no account.
Tool details
- Input
- Files + Text + Numbers
- The page exposes text boxes, numeric controls, file pickers, or structured inputs depending on the tool.
- Output
- Live result + Copy + Download
- The result area focuses on usable output, with copy, download, or preview actions when supported.
- Privacy
- Browser-side processing
- The main tool logic does not call an external API, so inputs normally stay in the current tab.
- Save / share
- Shareable URL state
- Key settings are encoded in the URL so another person can reopen the same setup.
- Performance budget
- Initial JS <= 18 KB
- No WASM budget is declared, keeping the tool quick to open on mobile.
- Best fit
- Text · Content Creator
- Category and role tags drive related tools, internal links, and quick fit checks.
How to use
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1. Input
Paste or drop your content into the tool panel.
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2. Process
Click the button. All processing is local in your browser.
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3. Copy / Download
Copy the result or download to disk in one click.
How Markdown Editor with Live Preview fits into your work
Use it to clean, compare, reshape, or extract plain text before it goes into a document, CMS, spreadsheet, or prompt.
Text jobs
- Removing repetitive cleanup work from everyday writing and operations.
- Making text easier to compare, paste, publish, or feed into another tool.
- Working with content locally when the text is private or unfinished.
Text checks
- Scan for unintended whitespace, duplicate lines, and lost punctuation.
- For long text, test the first few lines before applying the whole change.
- Copy the final output only after checking the preview.
Good next steps
These links move the current task into a more complete workflow.
- 1 JSON Formatter & Validator Format, validate, and minify JSON instantly — right in your browser. Open
- 2 Word Counter Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time in any text — instant, browser-only Open
- 3 Regex Tester Test JavaScript regex live — match highlighting, group capture, replace preview, flag toggles — browser-only Open
Real-world use cases
Draft a weekly report and paste it straight into Feishu without losing formatting
Pick "Weekly report" from the template dropdown — you get a pre-shaped doc with Shipped / In flight / Next week / Asks sections. Fill in your bullets on the left and watch the right pane render in real time. When the report is ready, click "Copy rich". Switch to Feishu or Wecom group chat, paste, and the bullets, code blocks, links and bold text all land formatted. The same paste into a plain text reply (say, a Slack thread fallback) gets you clean Markdown source. One copy, two destinations.
Write a technical blog post with code blocks and ship to your static site
Start from the "Technical blog" template — title with promise, problem, what didn't work, what did, why, takeaway. Drop your actual code into the fenced block and the eight-language syntax highlighter colors the keywords / strings / numbers / comments inline. Hit "Export .md" and drop the file into your Astro / Hugo / Next.js content folder; or hit "Export .html" for a standalone post you can email or host as a one-off. The autosaved draft stays in localStorage if you walk away for lunch.
Edit your project README with live TOC and one-click export
The README template gives you Install / Quick start / API / License sections. As you add more headings, the right-hand outline updates so you can see the document's structure at a glance. The headings also get GitHub-compatible id attributes (slugified, deduped) so anchor links work after export. When it looks right, "Export .md" and commit to the repo — GitHub will re-render with the exact heading anchors the preview showed.
Take meeting notes with Action Items checkboxes that survive the export
Pick "Meeting notes" and you get a doc skeleton with Goals / Discussion / Decisions / Action items. Add task list items with - [ ] owner — task by date and they render as live checkboxes in the preview pane (read-only, on purpose, so they don't get accidentally toggled during the meeting). After the meeting, copy as rich text to drop into Feishu docs or DingTalk doc, or export .md to keep with your repo's meetings/ folder.
Write a function reference doc that pastes cleanly into Confluence or Notion
The "Function doc" template lays out Parameters / Returns / Example / Notes the way every good API reference should look. Write the example in a fenced ts block and the type annotations get highlighted. When you copy as rich text and paste into Notion or Confluence, the table for parameters, the code block, and the bullet list all preserve their structure — Confluence in particular reads the HTML payload well and keeps the code block monospaced.
Common pitfalls
Using "Copy rich" when the target is a code field. Rich text pastes into a code field show up as styled HTML, not as code. For code, use "Copy MD" — that gets the raw Markdown source on the clipboard so paste-into-a-fenced-block-on-GitHub does what you expect.
Trying to use raw HTML inside Markdown. This editor escapes div, script, etc. on purpose so accidental angle brackets in prose don't break the preview. If you need real HTML, write the document here, export .md, and convert via a renderer that allows HTML pass-through (the trade-off is XSS exposure, which is why we don't do it).
Expecting LaTeX math to render. We pass $x^2$ through to a code.math span so downstream renderers (GitHub does not, GitLab does, Hugo with KaTeX does) can. The preview here intentionally shows the source — pulling in KaTeX would more than double the bundle. If you need rendered math now, copy the .md to a renderer that has KaTeX or MathJax.
Privacy
The entire editor — parsing, syntax highlight, word count, draft autosave, all exports — runs in your browser. Your text never leaves your device. The autosave writes to localStorage under a namespaced key (toolora:markdown-editor-live:draft) that only this tool reads. Short drafts (under 600 characters) also live in the URL so a shared link replays the text; longer drafts stay in storage only. Nothing is uploaded, logged, or shared.
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