Awesome Markdown – Massive Collection of Resources

A curated list of delightful Markdown stuff.

Markdown is a markup language created by John Gruber in collaboration with Aaron Swartz. It was designed to be easily converted to HTML and has been extended into different types of implementations.

💎 means really awesome/useful.

Contents

• Awesome Markdown
  • Contents
  • CMS / Blogs
  • Libraries
    • C
    • Java
    • JavaScript
    • Perl
    • PHP
    • Python
    • Ruby
  • Tools
    • Converters
    • Editors
    • Linters
    • Miscellaneous
    • Presentations
  • Services
  • Resources
    • Documentation
    • Tutorials

CMS / Blogs

CMS or Blogs which support Markdown by default.

• Ghost – Publishing platform for professional bloggers.
• Grav – Modern Flat-File CMS.
• Hexo – A fast, simple & powerful blog framework
• Hugo – Fast & Modern Static Website Engine.
• Jekyll – Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.
• Pelican – Static site generator that requires no database or server-side logic.
• Svbtle – Blogging platform designed to help you think.
• Vuepress – Minimalistic Vue-powered static site generator.
• Laravel CommonMark Blog – Static-generator to use with Laravel. Utilizes CommonMark and FrontMatter and publishes directly into the public-folder.

Libraries

Libraries for rendering Markdown documents.

C

• cmark – CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C.
• Hoedown – Standards compliant, fast, secure Markdown processing library in C (Sundown fork).
• peg-markdown – An implementation of Markdown in C, using a PEG grammar.
• Sundown – Standards compliant, fast, secure Markdown processing library in C.

Java

• commonmark-java – Java implementation of CommonMark, a specification of the Markdown format.
• flexmark-java – Java Implementation of Markdown parser with source level AST.
• pegdown – A pure-Java Markdown processor based on a parboiled PEG parser supporting a number of extensions.

JavaScript

• markdown-it – Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed.
• markdown-js – Yet another Markdown parser, this time for JavaScript.
• marked – Full-featured Markdown parser and compiler, written in JavaScript. Built for speed.
• mmarkdown – Interpret mmd fenced code blocks in a markdown file and generate a cooler version of it.
• Showdown – Showdown is a JavaScript Markdown to HTML converter, based on the original works by John Gruber.
• Snarkdown – Snarkdown is a dead simple 1kb Markdown parser.

Perl

• Markdown.pl 💎 John Gruber’s original Markdown library.

PHP

• commonmark – Highly-extensible PHP Markdown parser which fully supports the CommonMark and GFM specs.
• parsedown – Better Markdown Parser in PHP.
• php-markdown – Parser for Markdown and Markdown Extra derived from the original Markdown.pl by John Gruber.

Python

• markdown-it-py – Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed. Now in Python!
• markdown2 – Fast and complete implementation of Markdown in Python.
• Mistune – The fastest Markdown parser in pure Python with renderer feature.
• PyMdown Extensions – A collection of extensions for Python Markdown.
• Python-Markdown – Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown.

Ruby

• kramdown – kramdown is a fast, pure Ruby Markdown superset converter, using a strict syntax definition and supporting several common extensions.
• Redcarpet – Redcarpet is a Ruby library for Markdown processing that smells like butterflies and popcorn.

Tools

Converters

Convert Markdown to other formats and vice versa.

• csvtomd – Convert your CSV files into Markdown tables.
• Dimer Markdown – converts Markdown to HTML or to JSON
• HTML To Markdown for PHP – Convert HTML to Markdown with PHP.
• markdown-pdf – Markdown to PDF converter.
• Markdown to PDF – Simple and useful website for converting Markdown to PDF.
• Pandoc – Universal document converter.
• Torsimany – Translate format-independent JSON to stylish, human-readable Markdown.
• turndown – HTML to Markdown converter written in JavaScript.
• yamp – Easy-to-use cli toolbox for markdown-related task.
• clipboard2markdown – Website to paste content and get a markdown version. Works on any modern browser with JavaScript.

Editors

Edit and save your Markdown documents.

• Abricotine – Lightweight markdown editor built with Electron with built-in realtime preview.
• Caret – Markdown Editor for Mac and PC.
• iA Writer – iA Writer is designed to provide the best writing experience on Mac OS, iOS and Android. 💎 Really simple editor!
• Markdownify – A minimal Markdown Editor desktop app.
• MarkRight – Minimalistic github flavored Markdown editor.
• Mark Text – Next generation Markdown editor (built with Electron).
• PileMd – Markdown Note App.
• StackEdit – In-browser markdown editor.
• TOAST UI Editor – Extensible GFM Markdown WYSIWYG Editor
• Typora – A minimal Markdown editor.
• Notable – The Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn’t suck.
• Boostnote – A markdown editor for developers.
• Trilium Notes – A hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases.
• Joplin – An open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities.
• Visual Studio Code – An open source code editor with built-in markdown preview and many markdown extensions.
• Quiver – A notebook built for programmers.
• Bear – A beautiful, flexible writing app for crafting notes and prose.
• Obsidian – Notebook editor with Mermaid support

Linters

Flag and standarize your Markdown documents.

• Markdown Lint Tool – Tool to check Markdown files and flag style issues.
• Markdownlint – Node.js style checker and lint tool for Markdown/CommonMark files.
• remark-lint – Markdown code style linter.
• textlint – Pluggable linting tool for text and markdown.
• markdownlint – Markdown linting and style checking for Visual Studio Code.

Miscellaneous

Tools which let you edit, convert, export, et al. your Markdown documents.

• Dillinger – Dillinger is a cloud-enabled, mobile-ready, offline-storage, AngularJS powered HTML5 Markdown editor.
• GitDown – GitHub’s Markdown preprocessor.
• HackMD – HackMD lets you create realtime collaborative Markdown notes on all platforms.
• Laverna – Laverna is a JavaScript note taking application with Markdown editor and encryption support. 💎 Markdown notes with encryption!
• Markable.in – Remarkable Markdown Editor.
• markcat – Markdown files terminal viewer. 💎 cat with Markdown highlight.
• Markdown Magic – Automatically format markdown files and sync external docs/src code
• Markdown Tables Generator – Visual Markdown table builder with CSV importing support.
• mdformat – CommonMark compliant Markdown formatter
• remark – Markdown processor powered by plugins
• Socrates – Serveless realtime Markdown editor and viewer, etherpad-like.
• termd – Markdown renderer for the terminal with syntax highlighting.

Presentations

Create and edit your slides presentations with Markdown.

• gitpitch – Markdown Presentations For Everyone on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, GitBucket, Gitea, and Gogs.
• hacker-slides – Minimal UI for building presentation slides from markdown.
• Marp – Markdown presentation ecosystem. 💎 CLI, Web, IDE plugin and more to convert Markdown into various formats
• mdp – Command-line based Markdown presentation tool. 💎 Like PowerPoint and Vim but with Markdown!
• remark – A simple, in-browser, Markdown-driven slideshow tool targeted at people who know their way around HTML and CSS.
• reveal.js – Open source HTML presentation framework with Markdown support

Services

Different services which take advantage of Markdown.

• Daux.io – Daux.io is an documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly.
• Dimer – Dimer generates a clean and beautiful documentation website from Markdown.
• GitBook – GitBook is a modern publishing toolchain. Making both writing and collaboration easy.
• GitPrint – Easily print GitHub Markdown.

Resources

Documentation

Documentation and useful information about Markdown.

• CommonMark – Strongly defined, highly compatible specification of Markdown.
• GitHub Flavored Markdown Specifications – The formal spec for GitHub’s Markdown, based on CommonMark.
• Original Specifications 💎 The place to start with Markdown!
• Pandoc’s Markdown – Pandoc has its own, powerful markdown implementation. It consists of several addional extensions.
• ScholarlyMarkdown – ScholarlyMarkdown is a syntax/standard/best-practice of scholarly and academic communication that is web-first, semantic XML-second, and LaTeX/Word a close third.
• Stack Overflow Markdown Documentation (archived) – Well organized Markdown documentation.
• Stack Overflow Markdown Questions – Highest voted Markdown questions on Stack Overflow.
• The text/markdown Media Type (RFC7763) – This document registers the text/markdown media type for use with Markdown, a family of plain-text formatting syntaxes.
• Wikipedia Article

Tutorials

Useful links and tutorials.

• GitHub’s Mastering Markdown
• how-to-markdown – This workshopper will teach you how to use Markdown.
• Interactive Markdown Tutorial
• Markdown Cheatsheet 💎 Where to look when you don’t remember the syntax!
• Markdown Guide – A concise, barebones guide to Markdown.