Markdown
Python implementation of Markdown parser for converting Markdown to HTML.
Used in agent projects
50
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#20 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
23.8M
PyPI, last 7 days, markdown
GitHub stars
4,251
last push Oct 8, 2026
How Markdown is used
Markdown is a dependency in 50 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #20 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (72.0%), PyYAML (58.0%), Jinja2 (52.0%).
Often used with Markdown
| Requests | 72.0% of Markdown projects · 13.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| PyYAML | 58.0% of Markdown projects · 19.1× more than average |
| Jinja2 | 52.0% of Markdown projects · 37.7× more than average |
| NumPy | 50.0% of Markdown projects · 13.0× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 50.0% of Markdown projects · 7.7× more than average |
| FastAPI | 46.0% of Markdown projects · 10.9× more than average |
| python-dateutil | 46.0% of Markdown projects · 35.4× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 44.0% of Markdown projects · 10.3× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Markdown as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install markdown |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (46), Next.js (3), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | learntocloud/learn-to-cloud-app, capture0x/AdStrike, microsoft/edge-ai, everlastingsong/whirlpool-essentials, TheMostlyGreat/mythos |
Alternatives to Markdown
| 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 | — |