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mdnice/markdown-nice

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TLDR

A web tool that converts Markdown into beautifully formatted articles ready to paste into WeChat, Zhihu, and other Chinese publishing platforms.

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  root((markdown-nice))
    What it does
      Markdown to styled HTML
      Copy-paste ready output
      Theme customization
    Target platforms
      WeChat public accounts
      Zhihu
      Nuggets developer site
    Tech stack
      JavaScript
      React
      Ant Design
    Audience
      Chinese content writers
      Developer bloggers
      Theme contributors
    Access
      Hosted at mdnice.com
      Local dev supported
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Write an article in Markdown and get a polished, platform-ready version to paste directly into a WeChat public account.

USE CASE 2

Apply different visual themes to the same Markdown content to match a brand style before publishing on Zhihu or Nuggets.

USE CASE 3

Run the tool locally to customize or build a new theme for the community theme gallery.

USE CASE 4

Use the hosted editor at mdnice.com with zero setup to format content for Chinese developer blogs.

Tech stack

JavaScriptReactAnt Design

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

No setup needed, use the hosted editor at mdnice.com, clone and npm install only if customizing themes.

Check the repository for license terms, the hosted version is freely usable at mdnice.com without any installation.

In plain English

Markdown Nice is a web-based writing tool that takes plain Markdown text and formats it into polished, visually appealing articles ready for publishing on Chinese content platforms. The primary targets are WeChat public accounts, Zhihu (China's Q&A network), and Nuggets (a developer content site). Writers type in standard Markdown on the left and see a styled preview on the right, then copy the result directly into those platforms' editors. The main draw is theme support. The project maintains a public list of themes at its companion site, and contributors are encouraged to submit new ones. Each theme controls fonts, colors, spacing, and decorative elements, so the same article can look completely different depending on which theme is applied before copying. The tool is available as a hosted web app at mdnice.com, so no installation is required for basic use. The repository itself is a React application built with the Ant Design component library. Developers who want to run or modify it locally can clone the code and work from there. The README is short and mostly in Chinese, reflecting the project's primary audience. Community discussion happens through a WeChat group linked from the repository page. Aside from the theme gallery and the hosted editor, the project also links to companion tools like a blog cross-posting helper and a decorative QR code generator, though those are separate repositories. If you write articles in Chinese and need them to look clean inside WeChat or similar platforms, this tool handles the formatting step that those platforms' native editors often handle poorly.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I want to build a Markdown editor with live preview in React. Show me how to set up a split-pane layout where the left pane is a textarea and the right pane renders the Markdown using a library like marked or remark.
Prompt 2
I'm building a Markdown-to-HTML tool that applies CSS themes. Show me how to dynamically inject a theme's CSS string into a React component's shadow DOM so it doesn't leak into the rest of the page.
Prompt 3
How do I copy rich HTML (with inline styles) to the clipboard in a React app so it pastes correctly into editors like WeChat or Notion? Show me a working clipboard API snippet.
Prompt 4
Generate a React component that renders a Markdown string with syntax-highlighted code blocks using highlight.js and returns the resulting styled HTML.
Prompt 5
I want to allow users to switch themes in a React app. Show me how to store theme CSS in a JSON config file, load the selected theme, and apply it to a preview div.
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