Create professional and well-structured README files for your projects with ease. This extension helps developers generate clean documentation using customizable templates, markdown support, and real-time preview. Improve project presentation, maintain consistency, and save development time by quickly producing clear, organized, and visually appealing README files directly from your browser.
Editor score is the AltFTool team’s own rating, not user reviews.
Features
Templates, Markdown support, Live preview
Install
Step 1: Open the extension's page on AltFTool and choose “Add to Chrome”. The official Chrome Web Store listing opens in a new tab.
Step 2: On the store listing, check the developer, the description and the permissions the extension asks for.
Step 3: Click “Add to Chrome”, read the permission prompt Chrome shows, then confirm with “Add extension”.
Step 4: Pin it. Open the puzzle-piece Extensions menu next to the address bar and click the pin icon so it stays one click away.
Permissions & privacy
Chrome shows the exact permissions README Generator asks for before you confirm the install. You can also read them, and the developer’s data declarations, in the Privacy practices section of the store listing.
Explain permissions with the free analyzerFAQ
Yes. README Generator is a free Chrome extension from AltFTool and does not need an AltFTool account.
Choose “Add to Chrome” on this page to open the official Chrome Web Store listing, review the permissions, then click “Add extension” and pin it from the Extensions menu.
README Generator is built for Google Chrome. Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave and Opera can usually install Chrome Web Store extensions too; Firefox and Safari cannot.
Templates, Markdown support, Live preview.
Chrome shows the exact permissions before you confirm the install, and the store listing shows them too. Paste them into AltFTool's Browser Extension Permission Analyzer for a plain-English explanation.
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