HyperMD

Breaks the Wall between writing and preview, in a Markdown Editor.

Online Demo | Examples | Documentation

中文介绍

Quickstart

// npm install --save hypermd codemirror
var HyperMD = require('hypermd')
var myTextarea = document.getElementById('input-area')
var editor = HyperMD.fromTextArea(myTextarea)

Also for RequireJS, Parcel, webpack, plain browser env. Read the Doc

Start Development

# Install packages
npm run dev_init

# Run demo page
npm run dev

# Run test
npm run test

Why use HyperMD?

HyperMD is a set of CodeMirror add-ons / modes / themes / commands / keymap etc.

You may use both original CodeMirror and HyperMD on the same page.

🌈 Write, and preview on the fly

• Regular Markdown blocks and elements
  • Strong, Emphasis, ~~Strikethrough~~, Code
  • Links, Images
  • Title / Quote / Code Block / List / Horizontal Rule
• Markdown Extension
  • Simple Table
  • Footnote [^1]
  • [x] TODO List (the box is clickable)
  • YAML Front Matter
  • $\LaTeX$ Formula, inline or block display mode [^4]
  • Emoji: :joy: => :joy: (also support custom emoji)
• And more
  • HTML in Markdown -- WYSIWIG MDX is possible
  • #hashtag support [^6] , see demo
  • Flowchart and Diagrams (mermaid or flowchart.js)

💪 Better Markdown-ing Experience

• Upload Images and files via clipboard, or drag'n'drop
• Alt+Click to open link / jump to footnote [^1]
• Hover to read footnotes
• Copy and Paste, translate HTML into Markdown [^5]
• Easy and ready-to-use Key-bindings (aka. KeyMap)

🎁 CodeMirror benefits

• Syntax Highlight for code blocks, supports 120+ languages[^2]. Mode can be loaded on-demand.
• Configurable key-bindings
• Diff and Merge
• Themes [^3]
• Almost all of CodeMirror addons!

🔨 Extensible and Customizable

• Use PowerPacks to integrate 3rd-party libs and services on-the-fly
  • MathJax, marked, KaTeX and more.
  • Read the list
• HyperMD functions are highly modulized

🎹 Tailored KeyMap "HyperMD":

• Table
  • Enter Create a table with | column | line |
  • Enter Insert new row, or finish a table (if last row is empty)
  • Tab or Shift-Tab to navigate between cells
• List
  • Tab or Shift-Tab to indent/unindent current list item
• Formatting a nearby word (or selected text)
  • Ctrl+B bold
  • Ctrl+I emphasis
  • Ctrl+D ~~strikethrough~~

Special Thanks

💎 Service and Resource

🌟 Sponsors

🙏 Sponsors (sorted by date)

Contributing

HyperMD is a personal Open-Source project by laobubu. Contributions are welcomed. You may:

• Fork on GitHub , create your amazing themes and add-ons.
• Buy me a Coffee
• Spread HyperMD to the world!

[^1]: Ctrl+Click works too, but will jump to the footnote if exists. [^2]: Languages as many as CodeMirror supports. [^3]: If the theme is not designed for HyperMD, some features might not be present. [^4]: Math block use $$ to wrap your TeX expression. [^5]: Use Ctrl+Shift+V to paste plain text. [^6]: Disabled by default, see doc; #use two hash symbol# if tag name contains spaces.