rehype-sanitize
rehype plugin to sanitize HTML and prevent XSS attacks in content.
Markdown, editors and content npm MIT
Used in agent projects
39
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#26 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
13M
npm, last 7 days, rehype-sanitize
GitHub stars
222
last push Sep 28, 2023
How rehype-sanitize is used
rehype-sanitize is a dependency in 39 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #26 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use react-markdown (82.1%), remark-gfm (82.1%), Lucide React (69.2%).
Often used with rehype-sanitize
| react-markdown | 82.1% of rehype-sanitize projects · 28.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| remark-gfm | 82.1% of rehype-sanitize projects · 36.2× more than average |
| Lucide React | 69.2% of rehype-sanitize projects · 3.5× more than average |
| clsx | 64.1% of rehype-sanitize projects · 3.6× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 61.5% of rehype-sanitize projects · 3.7× more than average |
| rehype-raw | 56.4% of rehype-sanitize projects · 137.7× more than average |
| Zod | 61.5% of rehype-sanitize projects · 3.6× more than average |
| React | 94.9% of rehype-sanitize projects · 2.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.4% 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 rehype-sanitize as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install rehype-sanitize |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (23), TypeScript / JavaScript (16) |
| Example projects | regenrek/deepwiki-mcp, miantiao-me/bm.md, claude-world/claude-world-studio, Some1Uknow/learn-solana, cuentoneta/cuentoneta |
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