MDV: A Markdown Superset for Documents, Dashboards, and Slides with Embedded Data Visualizations
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Summary
MDV is a Markdown superset that extends CommonMark with four key additions for creating documents, dashboards, and slides with embedded data visualizations. It allows users to add charts, KPI cards, tables, and styled regions using simple syntax like fenced code blocks and named styles, without requiring complex selectors, classes, or code. The tool supports YAML front-matter for metadata, fenced blocks for data/visuals, container syntax for styled regions, and auto-generated table of contents. It features HTML and PDF export, live preview, and a VS Code extension.
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Write documents, dashboards, and slides in a Markdown superset. Add charts, KPI cards, tables, and styled regions with nothing more complicated than fenced code blocks and named styles.
.mdv is strict CommonMark plus four additions: YAML front-matter for title, theme, named styles, and dataset references.
No selectors, no classes, no expressions, no code.
HTML + PDF export, live preview, VS Code extension.
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