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React Markdown Preview

@uiw/react-markdown-preview

React component preview markdown text in web browser. The minimal amount of CSS to replicate the GitHub Markdown style.

Markdown
react
markdown
prismjs
react-markdown
@uiw/react-markdown-preview
javascript
npm
frontend
open source
ui
Stars
350
Weekly
800k
Open issues
39
Bundle
~25 kB

Installation

npm install @uiw/react-markdown-preview

Code example

import { MarkdownPreview } from "@uiw/react-markdown-preview";

export function Example() {
  return (
    <div>
      <h2>React Markdown Preview</h2>
      <MarkdownPreview />
    </div>
  );
}

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Actively maintained by kenny wang
  • 800k weekly downloads. Battle tested
  • First-class TypeScript definitions
  • MIT licensed

Considerations

  • Adds roughly ~25 kB to your bundle
  • Needs client-only rendering in SSR frameworks
  • Not supported in React Native
  • 39 open issues on GitHub

FAQs

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