NOTE: Repo moved to https://github.com/nicegist/nicegist.github.io

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A pure JavaScript gist.io replacement, hosted on GitHub*.

* As long as GitHub exists, it will not die. Yay!

When I recognized that gist.io is dead, I stumbled upon a comment in gist.io's issue tracker, that suggested to build a pure JavaScript implementation to be hosted on GitHub pages.

I liked the idea. Thus, Nicegist was born.

• 💥 Supports gist embedding (use <gist> tags, i.e. <gist>file.sh</gist>)
• Supports public and secret gists
• Supports CommonMark / GFM syntax
• Automatic code block syntax highlighting
• Automatic headline anchors

1. Create a gist on Github with one or more Markdown-syntax files.
2. Note the gist ID. (It's usually a longish alpha-numeric string like dab5cf7977008e504213.)
3. View your writing presented nicely at eyecatchup.github.io/nicegist/YOUR_GIST_ID

Bookmarklet:

Be lazy and drag the Nicegist bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar.
Click it when you’re on a gist page, and it will take you to the corresponding Nicegist page.

javascript:(function(){if(location.hostname==="gist.github.com"){var gistId=location.pathname.split("/").pop();if(location.pathname.split("/").length>2&&gistId.length)location.href="https://eyecatchup.github.io/nicegist/?id="+gistId}})();

Examples:

• Code blocks: Nicegist, Source
• Tables: Nicegist, Source
• 💥 Embedded gists: Nicegist, Source
• Text formatting, images & more: Nicegist, Source
• Example writeup: Nicegist, Source

• GitHub Gist API for fetching gists
• Chromium destilled webpage layout for optimized reading experience
• markdown-it for Markdown parsing
• markdown-it-anchor for automated header anchors
• highlight.js for code block syntax highlighting
• Some regex sugar and a hidden gist feature for gist embedding
• GitHub Pages SPA hack for pretty URLs

(c) 2019, Stephan Schmitz eyecatchup@gmail.com
License: MIT, http://eyecatchup.mit-license.org
URL: https://eyecatchup.github.io/nicegist