markdown-it VS kramdown

Compare markdown-it vs kramdown and see what are their differences.

markdown-it

Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed (by markdown-it)

kramdown

kramdown is a fast, pure Ruby Markdown superset converter, using a strict syntax definition and supporting several common extensions. (by gettalong)
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markdown-it kramdown
55 4
17,174 1,696
2.2% -
8.5 0.0
about 1 month ago 9 months ago
JavaScript Ruby
MIT License MIT License
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markdown-it

Posts with mentions or reviews of markdown-it. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-14.

kramdown

Posts with mentions or reviews of kramdown. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-13.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing markdown-it and kramdown you can also consider the following projects:

marked - A markdown parser and compiler. Built for speed.

Redcarpet - The safe Markdown parser, reloaded.

remark - markdown processor powered by plugins part of the @unifiedjs collective

pandoc - Universal markup converter

PEG.js - PEG.js: Parser generator for JavaScript

word-to-markdown - A ruby gem to liberate content from Microsoft Word documents

js-yaml - JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. Very fast.

Maruku - A pure-Ruby Markdown-superset interpreter (Official Repo).

nearley - 📜🔜🌲 Simple, fast, powerful parser toolkit for JavaScript.

CommonMarker - Ruby wrapper for the comrak (CommonMark parser) Rust crate

docx-to-pdf-on-AWS-Lambda - Microsoft Word doc/docx to PDF conversion on AWS Lambda using Node.js

Tocer - A command line interface for generating Markdown table of contents.