@mdx-js/react

What is @mdx-js/react?

The @mdx-js/react package allows you to use MDX (Markdown for the component era) with React. MDX is a syntax that lets you seamlessly use JSX in your markdown documents. You can import components, such as interactive charts or alerts, and export metadata. This makes writing long-form content with React components a breeze.

What are @mdx-js/react's main functionalities?

Embedding JSX in Markdown

Allows embedding JSX directly in your markdown files, enabling the inclusion of React components within the content.

<MDXProvider><MyDocument /></MDXProvider>

Importing and using components in MDX

Enables the import and use of React components directly in MDX files, making it easy to integrate interactive or custom elements in markdown content.

import { Chart } from './components/Chart'

# My MDX document

Here's a chart component in my MDX document:

<Chart />

Using MDXProvider to customize components

Allows customization of standard markdown elements (like headings, paragraphs) with your own React components, providing a way to apply consistent styling or behavior across all markdown content.

import { MDXProvider } from '@mdx-js/react'
import { MyHeading, MyParagraph } from './MyComponents'

const components = {
  h1: MyHeading,
  p: MyParagraph
}

<MDXProvider components={components}>
  <MyDocument />
</MDXProvider>

Other packages similar to @mdx-js/react

remark-react

Similar to @mdx-js/react, remark-react allows you to render markdown as React components. However, it uses the remark parsing library and does not support the direct use of JSX within markdown.

react-markdown

react-markdown is another library that lets you render markdown content as React components. It supports plugins to extend its functionality but, unlike @mdx-js/react, does not allow for the embedding of JSX components directly within the markdown.

markdown-to-jsx

markdown-to-jsx compiles markdown into JSX but is more focused on simplicity and performance. It doesn't offer the same level of integration with React components or the ability to import and use components directly in markdown files as @mdx-js/react does.

README

@mdx-js/react

Map components to HTML elements based on the Markdown syntax. Serves as the React implementation for MDX.

Installation

npm:

npm install --save @mdx-js/react

Usage

<!-- helloworld.md -->

# Hello, World!

import React from 'react'
import {MDXProvider} from '@mdx-js/react'
import {renderToString} from 'react-dom/server'

import HelloWorld from './helloworld.md'

const H1 = props => <h1 style={{color: 'tomato'}} {...props} />

console.log(
  renderToString(
    <MDXProvider components={{h1: H1}}>
      <HelloWorld />
    </MDXProvider>
  )
)

Yields:

<h1 style="color:tomato">Hello, world!</h1>

Contribute

See the Support and Contributing guidelines on the MDX website for ways to (get) help.

This project has a Code of Conduct. By interacting with this repository, organisation, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

License

MIT © Compositor and Vercel