GitHub Writer
A WYSIWYG rich-text editor for GitHub issues, comments and pull requests. Powered by CKEditor.
What is GitHub Writer?
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GitHub Writer is a WYSIWYG rich-text editor for GitHub. The extension is available when creating or commenting on issues, reviews, pull requests, and wikis.
It provides all the features available in the GitHub plain-text editor, including Markdown input. For features like tables, it offers a much easier experience in comparison to plain-text Markdown and allows users to be more productive. No more switching to the Preview tab to see what you write!
It is powered by CKEditor 5, a modern JavaScript rich-text editor.
GitHub Writer is an Open Source project and your questions, feedback and contributions are always welcome.
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Pros
- Makes writing on GitHub much easier
- Great for creating and editing readme.md and other markdown files without manual formatting
- Can be used for editing large tables and issues simplifying the process
- Improves the readability of content while editing
- Essential tool for daily GitHub work
Cons
- Doesn't work in all situations
- Lack of cell merging feature in tables, both horizontally and vertically
- Stopped working for some users
- Some markdown content is impossible to write in the extension
- Does not work on Android browser and Wiki pages
Most mentioned
- Improvement in readability and structure of content during editing
- Ease of writing with the extension in a WYSIWYG format
- Lack of specific features (like cell merging in tables or working on certain pages)
- Stopped working for some users
- Does not work on all devices or browsers
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Safety
Risk impact
GitHub Writer is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
GitHub Writer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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