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rehype-autolink-headings

Rehype plugin to automatically add links to markdown/HTML headings.

Markdown, editors and content npm MIT

Used in agent projects
34
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#34 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
2.3M
npm, last 7 days, rehype-autolink-headings
GitHub stars
267
last push Sep 16, 2024

How rehype-autolink-headings is used

rehype-autolink-headings is a dependency in 34 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #34 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use rehype-slug (100.0%), remark-gfm (82.4%), clsx (73.5%).

Often used with rehype-autolink-headings

rehype-slug100.0% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 235.1× more than average
remark-gfm82.4% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 36.3× more than average
clsx73.5% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 4.1× more than average
Prettier70.6% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 4.0× more than average
Tailwind Merge67.6% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 4.0× more than average
Next.js76.5% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 3.4× more than average
Lucide React70.6% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 3.6× more than average
next-themes61.8% of rehype-autolink-headings projects · 7.0× more than average

By coding agent

Claude Code0.6% of projects set up for it
Cursor0.5% of projects set up for it
GitHub Copilot0.3% of projects set up for it

Share of public repos configured for each agent that list rehype-autolink-headings as a dependency.

Install

Packagenpm install rehype-autolink-headings
Main stacksNext.js (25), TypeScript / JavaScript (7), Python (2)
Example projectswesbos/wesbos, PageAI-Pro/vibe-coding-starter, sourcegraph/docs, Vectreal/vectreal-platform, usalu/semio

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