Markdown Plugin
Developers Write Markdown. Writers Use Flare. The Gap Creates Drift.
Bridge docs-as-code and structured authoring.
Two tools, two truths, one growing gap
Your developers write in Markdown — it's in their DNA. Your technical writers work in MadCap Flare for multi-channel publishing, conditions, and reuse. Both groups are right about their tool choice.
But without a bridge, content drifts. Developer docs and writer docs diverge. Manual copy-paste introduces errors. Neither side has a single source of truth. The gap widens with every release cycle.
One bridge, one source of truth
The Markdown Plugin lets you import Markdown into Flare with structure intact, generate TOCs from folder structure, and export clean Markdown when dev teams need it. Developers contribute in Markdown. Writers maintain governance in Flare. One source of truth.
Flare-quality multi-channel outputs (HTML5, PDF) without losing Git-friendly workflows.
Key Features
Import & Export
Convert Markdown files into properly structured Flare topics and export back to clean Markdown for Git-based workflows.
Automatic TOC Creation
Generate a Table of Contents directly from folder structure — import a complete documentation set into Flare in a few clicks.
Built-in Editor
Preview how Markdown files will look when imported into Flare, without needing an external editor.
Advanced Settings
Import code samples as MadCap code snippets, convert local links to cross-references, and manage conditions and metadata.
Pricing
See It In Action
Markdown Plugin Demo
The Markdown plugin is a game changer for me. By moving our content to Markdown, we can feed our support portal CMS while still generating high-quality PDFs from Flare. But most importantly, it also helps democratize content maintenance beyond the increasingly limited pool of tech writers with Flare expertise. And Mattias' responsiveness to questions and issues is simply the best I have ever seen in the software business.
I can't thank you enough for this plugin. What a life saver! I am in the process of migrating 3 extensive product manuals from markdown to Flare, and it's just a breeze with your plugin. I can even replace tags on a page to apply different formatting. The content comes over so clean and beautiful, there's hardly any post-import work to do. I am extremely grateful and can only recommend this to anyone having to make the move from markdown to Flare.
Common Questions
Will this work with our Flare setup?
Markdown Plugin works with MadCap Flare 2020 and later on Windows. It handles standard Markdown, GitHub Flavored Markdown, and extended syntax. Import creates proper Flare topics with TOC entries — not raw HTML.
What if we outgrow it?
The plugin scales from single-file imports to batch conversion of entire documentation repositories. As your docs-as-code workflow matures, Markdown Plugin grows with it — supporting folder-based TOC generation, cross-references, and metadata preservation.
How long until we see results?
Immediately. Import your first Markdown file and you'll have a properly structured Flare topic in seconds. Teams migrating large Markdown repositories typically complete the import in a single session instead of weeks of manual conversion.
Questions?
30 minutes. No commitment.