Turndown
Convert HTML to Markdown format for document processing and content migration.
Markdown, editors and content npm MIT
Used in agent projects
25
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in markdown, editors and content
#40 of 46
by use in those projects
Downloads
7.9M
npm, last 7 days, turndown
GitHub stars
11.5K
last push Sep 3, 2026
How Turndown is used
Turndown is a dependency in 25 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #40 of 46 in markdown, editors and content. The most used alternative there is react-markdown. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (48.0%), Zod (56.0%), Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (40.0%).
Often used with Turndown
| Vitest | 48.0% of Turndown projects · 3.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 56.0% of Turndown projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 40.0% of Turndown projects · 8.4× more than average |
| jsdom | 40.0% of Turndown projects · 7.5× more than average |
| date-fns | 36.0% of Turndown projects · 4.2× more than average |
| Express | 36.0% of Turndown projects · 5.6× more than average |
| AI SDK | 32.0% of Turndown projects · 12.4× more than average |
| Supabase JS | 32.0% of Turndown projects · 4.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Turndown as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install turndown |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (18), Next.js (7) |
| Example projects | 1600822305/AetherLink, nirholas/three.ws, vinhnx/vtchat, Michael-Obele/shadcn-svelte-mcp, withLinda/puppeteer-real-browser-mcp-server |
Alternatives to Turndown
| 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 | — |