This is a Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown. It is almost completely compliant with the reference implementation, though there are a few known issues. See Features for information on what exactly is supported and what is not. Additional features are supported by the Available Extensions.
pip install markdown
import markdown
html = markdown.markdown(your_text_string)
For more advanced installation and usage documentation, see the docs/ directory
of the distribution or the project website at https://Python-Markdown.github.io/.
See the change log at https://python-markdown.github.io/changelog/.
You may report bugs, ask for help, and discuss various other issues on the bug tracker.
Everyone interacting in the Python-Markdown project's code bases, issue trackers, and mailing lists is expected to follow the Code of Conduct.
FAQs
Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown.
We found that Markdown demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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