# markdown-it

JavaScript Markdown parser that follows the CommonMark specification and supports syntax extensions and plugins.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/markdown-it/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://markdown-it.github.io
- repository: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it
- docs: https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: markdown-it (GitHub organization)
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 15
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 21986
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 16608434
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 205037
- dependentPackages: 8475

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/ (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/ (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/markdown-it (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/markdown-it (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

markdown-it is a Markdown parser that a Node.js project installs from npm, and the [API documentation](https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/) also describes a build for the browser. Community-written plugins and other packages are published on npm, according to the README.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0