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russross/blackfriday

Blackfriday: a markdown processor for Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/russross/blackfriday · Go · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5577
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 947
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

5606 stars · 596 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Blackfriday is a fast, paranoid Markdown processor library for Go that parses Markdown into an AST and renders HTML, with support for common extensions like tables and smart punctuation. It is the v2-recommended library derived from a translation of Sundown.

Use cases

  • convert markdown to html in go
  • render user-supplied markdown safely
  • parse markdown into an ast
  • generate html from markdown files
  • markdown processing for a go web app

When to choose

  • you need a fast, battle-tested markdown renderer in Go
  • you must safely process untrusted user markdown input
  • you want an AST for custom rendering extensions

When to avoid

  • you need CommonMark strict compliance or the latest markdown features
  • you need renderers other than HTML
  • you need actively developed markdown tooling with frequent fixes

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

parser markdown templating parsers web-development developer-tools go cross-platform markdown-to-html ast smartypants utf-8

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
russross/blackfridaymain23

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="russross/blackfriday")

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