C Markdown

Open-source C projects categorized as Markdown

Top 23 C Markdown Projects

  1. Seafile

    Beyond file syncing and sharing, a new way to organize your files with extensible file properties and flexible views

    Project mention: SeaFile – High performance file syncing, sharing and more | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-23
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  3. mdp

    A command-line based markdown presentation tool.

  4. Down

    Blazing fast Markdown / CommonMark rendering in Swift, built upon cmark.

  5. md4c

    C Markdown parser. Fast. SAX-like interface. Compliant to CommonMark specification.

  6. discount

    My C implementation of John Gruber's Markdown markup language (by Orc)

  7. tree-sitter-markdown

    Markdown grammar for tree-sitter

    Project mention: Show HN: Ferrite – Markdown editor in Rust with native Mermaid diagram rendering | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-10

    This is cool. I was hoping to see progress coming from Zed (e.g. because Tree-sitter → https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-markdown) but it's exciting to see this.

  8. lowdown

    simple markdown translator

  9. zsv

    zsv+lib: tabular data swiss-army knife CLI + world's fastest (simd) CSV parser

    Project mention: Ruby CSV Parsing 5-6x Faster | dev.to | 2025-12-07

    I wrapped zsv, a SIMD-accelerated CSV parser written in C, into a Ruby gem. SIMD means it uses special CPU instructions to process multiple bytes at once - the same tech that makes video encoding and game physics fast.

  10. mandown

    man-page inspired Markdown viewer

  11. smu

    simple markup - markdown like syntax

  12. Markdown

    A simple Elixir Markdown to HTML conversion library (by devinus)

  13. mdv

    Markdown Viewer (by tqbf)

  14. smu

    Simple MarkUp - markdown/commonmark like syntax (by karlb)

  15. libcmark_gfm

    Swift compatible framework for cmark-gfm

  16. nautilus-annotations

    Annotate files and directories

  17. nginx-markdown-for-agents

    Self-hostable NGINX module that serves Markdown to AI agents via HTTP content negotiation (Accept: text/markdown), powered by a Rust converter.

    Project mention: I tried Cloudflare’s “Markdown for Agents” idea in NGINX (Rust module) — early prototype | dev.to | 2026-03-01

    Repo: https://github.com/cnkang/nginx-markdown-for-agents

  18. wrap

    Text reformatter better than fmt(1) or fold(1). (by paul-j-lucas)

    Project mention: Writing and running End-to-End Tests in Autotools | dev.to | 2025-11-07

    What’s in a test file? Since we’re using a custom test driver, what’s in a test file can be anything you want. It should either be in a format that’s easily parseable by run_test.sh or an executable in its own right. For example, for my wrap program, test files are in the form:

  19. ViewMD

    A simple markdown viewer using GTK3 for Linux. No web . No electron. No editing.

    Project mention: Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-25
  20. larkos

    This repository shows an alternative neural network structure to modern ones, inspiring from the brain and it's creativity, workings.

    Project mention: Bug Fixes for Larkos | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-07

    Patch 2 for https://github.com/Okerew/larkos_0.1 - bug fixes, addes start_training_from and bug fixes for https://github.com/Okerew/larkos

  21. imd

    Rebuild of my md program. It's better looking, working, and has better features. The Improved terminal MarkDown file reader / viewer / styler / tui.

  22. TrayMD

    A simple Linux note taking application for your system tray that supports markdown

    Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-08
  23. Sync.md

    Markdown notes synced with Git — a native iOS & iPadOS app that turns any GitHub repository into a synced markdown vault.

    Project mention: Show HN: SyncMD – Git client and file editor for iPhone | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-15
  24. Brf.it

    Instant code briefing for AI comprehension.

    Project mention: Show HN: Brf.it – Extracting code interfaces for LLM context | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-07
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Markdown projects in C? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Seafile 14,834
2 mdp 5,263
3 Down 2,516
4 md4c 1,358
5 discount 885
6 tree-sitter-markdown 608
7 lowdown 394
8 zsv 389
9 mandown 293
10 smu 244
11 Markdown 89
12 mdv 76
13 smu 73
14 libcmark_gfm 44
15 nautilus-annotations 27
16 nginx-markdown-for-agents 22
17 wrap 19
18 ViewMD 18
19 larkos 15
20 imd 14
21 TrayMD 13
22 Sync.md 3
23 Brf.it 2

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