markdown2
Fast, complete Python implementation of Markdown with extras.
Markdown, editors and content PyPI MIT
How markdown2 is used
markdown2 is a dependency in 2 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 78 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is Markdown (46 projects). Projects that use it most often also use OpenAI Python Library (92.3%), Pydantic (89.7%), Beautiful Soup (87.2%).
markdown2 popularity over time
Gid Score 52: downloads 69, use in agent projects 47, GitHub stars 29, downloads trend 56 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with markdown2
| OpenAI Python Library | 92.3% of markdown2 projects · 23.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 89.7% of markdown2 projects · 10.4× more than average |
| Beautiful Soup | 87.2% of markdown2 projects · 40.4× more than average |
| Requests | 87.2% of markdown2 projects · 12.8× more than average |
| Jinja2 | 85.9% of markdown2 projects · 39.5× more than average |
| NumPy | 85.9% of markdown2 projects · 14.7× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 84.6% of markdown2 projects · 9.2× more than average |
| Pillow | 82.1% of markdown2 projects · 21.4× more than average |
From all 78 projects in our scan that use markdown2, including the dependency samples.
Install
| Package | pip install markdown2 |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (77), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | assafelovic/gpt-researcher, apexive/odoo-llm, jaguarliuu/xunlong, epuerta9/kitchenai, Etherstrings/JusticePlutus |
Alternatives to markdown2
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside markdown2 are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markdown pypi Python implementation of Markdown parser for converting Markdown to HTML. |
69 | 46 (2.8%) | 26.6M | 4,253 | BSD-3-Clause |
| markdown-it-py pypi Python port of markdown-it parser for CommonMark-compliant Markdown parsing. |
68 | 46 (2.8%) | 123M | 1,378 | MIT |
| Mistune pypi Fast and extensible Markdown parser with plugin support. |
64 | 12 (0.7%) | 15.9M | 3,078 | BSD |
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