Markdown parsers

JS #

• micromark used by
  • mdast-util-from-markdown used by
    • remark-parse used by
      • prettier
      • mdx, which is used by
        • Next.js
        • Gatsby
        • Docusaurus
        • etc.
      • mdc, which is used by
        • Nuxt
  • Astro
• markdown-it used by
  • 11ty
  • vuepress
  • vitepress
• showdown used by (based on what they say)
  • GoogleCloudPlatform
  • Meteor
  • Stackexchange - forked as PageDown
• remarkable
  • used by Docusaurus
• marked used by
  • Hexo
  • docsify
• markup-it used by
  • gitbook
• commonmark.js
  • is the JS reference implementation of CommonMark
• lezer-parser/markdown an incremental Markdown (CommonMark with support for extension) used by
  • CodeMirror used by
    • Obsidian

WASM #

• markdown-wasm
  • uses md4c
• Wasm Markdown
  • uses pulldown-cmark
• parsedown
  • uses pulldown-cmark

See also #

• Comparison Javascript Markdown Parsers
• npmtrends
• biome promises to add markdown eventually

Rust #

• pulldown-cmark used by
  • mdBook
  • cobalt
• zola-markdown
  • uses pest.rs (PEG)
  • used by zola
• markdown-rs
  • Sibling to micromark
• comrak
  • Rust port of cmark-gfm
• markdown-it-rust
  • Rust port of markdown-it library.
• Snekdown

Golang #

• goldmark used by
  • Hugo
• gomarkdown/markdown
• golang-commonmark/markdown
• blackfriday
• mmark
• md

C #

• cmark-gfm
  • used by Github
  • is an extended version of the cmark
• cmark
  • is the C reference implementation of CommonMark
• md4c
• peg-markdown
  • uses peg (PEG)
• sundown
• hoedown
  • is a revived fork of sundown

Zig #

• koino
  • Zig port of comrak, which is Rust port of cmark-gfm
• markzig archived

Tree-sitter #

Tree-sitter is a parser generator tool and an incremental parsing library. There are bindings for many languages (including Rust and JS)

• MDeiml/tree-sitter-markdown
• ikatyang/tree-sitter-markdown

Ruby #

• jekyll-commonmark
  • used by jekyll
  • uses cmark-gfm
• redcarpet
  • used by slate, jekyll
  • uses sundown

Python #

• python-markdown used by
  • MkDocs
  • Pelican
• marko
• markdown-it-py
  • Python port of markdown-it
• markdown2
• mistune

Clojure #

• clarktown

Elixir #

• md

Java #

• commonmark-java
  • it started out as a port of commonmark.js, but has since evolved
• pegdown
  • uses parboiled (PEG)

Other #

• “awesome-markdown” libraries
• babelmark

Crticism #

• djot rationale
• markdown mistakes

About prsing #

What is PEG? What is incremental parsing? Read more about parsing here.

Read more: Documentation generators, powderizer