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mckenziearts/livewire-markdown-editor
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GitHub-style markdown editor for Laravel with Livewire and Alpine.js

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Laravel Markdown Editor
=======================

[](#laravel-markdown-editor)

 [![Markdown Livewire Banner](art/banner.png)](art/banner.png)

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GitHub-style Markdown editor for Laravel with Livewire and Alpine.js. This module provides a complete, standalone Markdown editing experience with full dark mode support.

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

- Laravel 11+
- Livewire 3.6+
- Tailwind CSS 4.1
- League CommonMark
- GitHub Markdown Toolbar Element
- GitHub Text Expander Element

Features
--------

[](#features)

- 🎨 GitHub-style toolbar with all formatting options
- 📝 Live markdown preview
- 🌓 Full dark mode support
- 📎 File upload with automatic Markdown insertion
- ✨ GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) support
- 🔖 Spatie Shiki Highlight code blocks
- 📋 Tables, task lists, and more
- 🔄 Livewire integration with two-way binding
- 🎯 Multiple editor instances support

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Livewire Markdown editor can be installed via composer from your project root:

```
composer require mckenziearts/livewire-markdown-editor
```

Include the Markdown formatting buttons for text inputs Editor into your project:

```
npm install --save @github/markdown-toolbar-element @github/text-expander-element
```

### 2. Load assets

[](#2-load-assets)

Add the module's JavaScript to your main `resources/js/app.js`:

```
import '../../vendor/mckenziearts/livewire-markdown-editor/resources/js/markdown-editor.js';
```

And the CSS file to your main `resources/css/app.css`:

```
@import "../../vendor/mckenziearts/livewire-markdown-editor/resources/css/markdown-editor.css";
```

Then build:

```
npm run build
```

### 3. Register the module

[](#3-register-the-module)

The service provider is auto-discovered via Laravel's package discovery.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

```

```

### With Custom Configuration

[](#with-custom-configuration)

```

```

### In Livewire Components

[](#in-livewire-components)

```
use Livewire\Component;

class CreatePost extends Component
{
    public string $content = '';

    public function save()
    {
        $this->validate([
            'content' => 'required|min:10',
        ]);

        // $this->content contains the markdown
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.create-post');
    }
}
```

```

    Save

```

Component Properties
--------------------

[](#component-properties)

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription`content`string`''`The markdown content (use with `wire:model`)`placeholder`string`'Leave a comment...'`Textarea placeholder text`class`string`null`Textarea custom classes`rows`int`10`Number of textarea rows`showToolbar`bool`true`Show/hide the markdown toolbar`showUpload`bool`true`Show/hide the file upload buttonToolbar Features
----------------

[](#toolbar-features)

- **Heading** - Insert heading
- **Bold** - Make text bold
- **Italic** - Make text italic
- **Quote** - Insert blockquote
- **Code** - Insert code block
- **Link** - Insert link
- **Unordered List** - Insert bullet list
- **Ordered List** - Insert numbered list
- **Task List** - Insert checklist
- **File Upload** - Upload and insert files/images

File Uploads
------------

[](#file-uploads)

Files are automatically uploaded to `storage/app/public/` when selected. Images are inserted as `![filename](url)` and other files as `[filename](url)`.

Make sure your storage is properly configured:

```
php artisan storage:link
```

Markdown Support
----------------

[](#markdown-support)

The editor supports full GitHub Flavored Markdown including:

- Headings
- Bold, italic, strikethrough
- Links and images
- Code blocks with syntax highlighting
- Task lists
- Blockquotes
- Horizontal rules

Dark Mode
---------

[](#dark-mode)

Dark mode is fully supported and automatically follows your Tailwind CSS dark mode configuration.

Customization
-------------

[](#customization)

### Publishing Views

[](#publishing-views)

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=livewire-markdown-editor-views
```

Views will be published to `resources/views/vendor/livewire-markdown-editor/`.

### Publishing Assets

[](#publishing-assets)

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=livewire-markdown-editor-assets
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~26 days

Total

4

Last Release

53d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14105989?v=4)[Arthur Monney](/maintainers/Mckenziearts)[@mckenziearts](https://github.com/mckenziearts)

---

Top Contributors

[![mckenziearts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14105989?v=4)](https://github.com/mckenziearts "mckenziearts (8 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (4 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (3 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelmarkdownlivewire

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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