markdown-it-py
Python port of markdown-it parser for CommonMark-compliant Markdown parsing.
Used in agent projects
67
0.5% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#14 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
117M
PyPI, last 7 days, markdown-it-py
GitHub stars
1,375
last push Oct 5, 2026
How markdown-it-py is used
markdown-it-py is a dependency in 67 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.5%), #14 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use Rich (89.6%), Pygments (88.1%), Requests (88.1%).
Often used with markdown-it-py
| Rich | 89.6% of markdown-it-py projects · 46.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pygments | 88.1% of markdown-it-py projects · 115.3× more than average |
| Requests | 88.1% of markdown-it-py projects · 16.6× more than average |
| Pydantic | 83.6% of markdown-it-py projects · 16.4× more than average |
| AnyIO | 79.1% of markdown-it-py projects · 54.0× more than average |
| Click | 79.1% of markdown-it-py projects · 45.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list markdown-it-py as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install markdown-it-py |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (63), Next.js (3), Other (1) |
| Example projects | dramaclaw/dramaclaw, twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, sepehrbayat/SEPCC, everlastingsong/whirlpool-essentials, RoboFinSystems/robosystems |
Alternatives to markdown-it-py
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| react-markdown npm React component for rendering markdown with customizable component handling. |
360 (2.8%) | 37.2M | 15.9K | MIT |
| remark-gfm npm Remark plugin adding GitHub Flavored Markdown support for tables and strikethrough. |
288 (2.3%) | 44.5M | 1,249 | MIT |
| Jinja2 pypi Fast and expressive template engine for Python with powerful flexibility. |
175 (1.4%) | 145M | 11.8K | — |
| Marked npm Fast, efficient markdown parser for converting markdown to HTML. |
148 (1.2%) | 83.8M | 37.2K | MIT |
| React Syntax Highlighter npm React component for syntax highlighting code with Prism.js or Highlight.js. |
110 (0.9%) | 7.8M | 4,674 | MIT |
| gray-matter npm Parser extracting YAML/JSON front matter from markdown and text files. |
106 (0.8%) | 10.6M | 4,490 | MIT |
| Tiptap npm Headless Vue/React rich text editor framework with customizable extensions. |
105 (0.8%) | 18.7M | 38.7K | MIT |
| Pygments pypi Syntax highlighting library for code in Python supporting hundreds of programming languages. |
97 (0.8%) | 239M | 2,213 | — |