---
title: "Markdown Viewer & Reader – mdedit.ai – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "299 users, rated 5.00 by 3 people. Version 1.5.7, updated 2026-09-19. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc"
---

# Markdown Viewer & Reader – mdedit.ai

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 299
- Rating: 5.00 from 3 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 00:31 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #42,350 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Developer Tools: #3,675 of 27,615

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Beautifully render Markdown (.md) files in your browser with syntax highlighting, GFM tables, task lists, and more.

- Extension ID: `eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc`
- Developer: [maskaravivek](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ueb8ce391a90abe549959a3c6eec3285d)
- Category: [Productivity › Developer Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/developer)
- First published: 2026-03-13
- Last updated: 2026-09-19
- Version: `1.5.7`
- Size: 2.86 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `mdedit.ai`
- Support page: `https://mdedit.ai/contact`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/markdown-viewer-reader-%E2%80%93/eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Feihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 299 | 5.00 | 3 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `*://*/*.markdown*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.md*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.mdown*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.mdtext*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.mdtxt*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.mkd*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.mkdn*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.markdown*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.md*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.mdown*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.mdtext*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.mdtxt*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.mkd*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.mkdn*`: Every website

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 00:31 UTC; next check around 2026-09-30.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Markdown Viewer & Reader – mdedit.ai” (eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc,
  title   = {Markdown Viewer & Reader – mdedit.ai (eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

From Extension Tracker, a public record of the Chrome Web Store: <https://extensiontracker.com/extension/eihplfbbaeohkgpmmojeafoplbpcghmc>. It isn't affiliated with Google. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>), crediting Extension Tracker. Extension, developer and list pages come as Markdown too: add `format=md` to the address, as in `https://extensiontracker.com/extension/{id}?format=md`.