markdown-it
Markdown parser done right. Fast and easy to extend.
Live demo
- Follows the CommonMark spec + adds syntax extensions & sugar (URL autolinking, typographer).
- Configurable syntax! You can add new rules and even replace existing ones.
- High speed.
- Safe by default.
- Community-written plugins and other packages on npm.
Table of content
Install
node.js:
npm install markdown-it
browser (CDN):
Usage examples
See also:
Simple
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
const md = markdownit()
const result = md.render('# markdown-it rulezz!');
const md = window.markdownit();
const result = md.render('# markdown-it rulezz!');
Single line rendering, without paragraph wrap:
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
const md = markdownit()
const result = md.renderInline('__markdown-it__ rulezz!');
Init with presets and options
(*) presets define combinations of active rules and options. Can be
"commonmark"
, "zero"
or "default"
(if skipped). See
API docs for more details.
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
const md = markdownit('commonmark')
const md = markdownit()
const md = markdownit({
html: true,
linkify: true,
typographer: true
})
const md = markdownit({
html: false,
xhtmlOut: false,
breaks: false,
langPrefix: 'language-',
linkify: false,
typographer: false,
quotes: '“”‘’',
highlight: function () { return ''; }
});
Plugins load
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
const md = markdownit
.use(plugin1)
.use(plugin2, opts, ...)
.use(plugin3);
Syntax highlighting
Apply syntax highlighting to fenced code blocks with the highlight
option:
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
import hljs from 'highlight.js'
const md = markdownit({
highlight: function (str, lang) {
if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
try {
return hljs.highlight(str, { language: lang }).value;
} catch (__) {}
}
return '';
}
});
Or with full wrapper override (if you need assign class to <pre>
or <code>
):
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
import hljs from 'highlight.js'
const md = markdownit({
highlight: function (str, lang) {
if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
try {
return '<pre><code class="hljs">' +
hljs.highlight(str, { language: lang, ignoreIllegals: true }).value +
'</code></pre>';
} catch (__) {}
}
return '<pre><code class="hljs">' + md.utils.escapeHtml(str) + '</code></pre>';
}
});
Linkify
linkify: true
uses linkify-it. To
configure linkify-it, access the linkify instance through md.linkify
:
md.linkify.set({ fuzzyEmail: false });
API
API documentation
If you are going to write plugins, please take a look at
Development info.
Syntax extensions
Embedded (enabled by default):
Via plugins:
Manage rules
By default all rules are enabled, but can be restricted by options. On plugin
load all its rules are enabled automatically.
import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
const md = markdownit()
.disable(['link', 'image'])
.enable(['link'])
.enable('image');
const md = markdownit({
html: true,
linkify: true,
typographer: true,
});
You can find all rules in sources:
Benchmark
Here is the result of readme parse at MB Pro Retina 2013 (2.4 GHz):
npm run benchmark-deps
benchmark/benchmark.mjs readme
Selected samples: (1 of 28)
> README
Sample: README.md (7774 bytes)
> commonmark-reference x 1,222 ops/sec ±0.96% (97 runs sampled)
> current x 743 ops/sec ±0.84% (97 runs sampled)
> current-commonmark x 1,568 ops/sec ±0.84% (98 runs sampled)
> marked x 1,587 ops/sec ±4.31% (93 runs sampled)
Note. CommonMark version runs with simplified link normalizers
for more "honest" compare. Difference is ≈1.5×.
As you can see, markdown-it
doesn't pay with speed for its flexibility.
Slowdown of "full" version caused by additional features not available in
other implementations.
markdown-it for enterprise
Available as part of the Tidelift Subscription.
The maintainers of markdown-it
and thousands of other packages are working with Tidelift to deliver commercial support and maintenance for the open source dependencies you use to build your applications. Save time, reduce risk, and improve code health, while paying the maintainers of the exact dependencies you use. Learn more.
Authors
markdown-it is the result of the decision of the authors who contributed to
99% of the Remarkable code to move to a project with the same authorship but
new leadership (Vitaly and Alex). It's not a fork.
References / Thanks
Big thanks to John MacFarlane for his work on the
CommonMark spec and reference implementations. His work saved us a lot of time
during this project's development.
Related Links:
Ports