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johnxnguyen/Down

Blazing fast Markdown / CommonMark rendering in Swift, built upon cmark. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/johnxnguyen/Down · C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases 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: 3749
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1145
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2532 stars · 381 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Down is a fast Markdown/CommonMark rendering library for Swift, built on top of cmark. It parses Markdown into HTML or an AST and supports iOS, tvOS, macOS, and Linux.

Use cases

  • render markdown to html in an ios app
  • parse commonmark text in swift
  • convert markdown to an ast
  • display user-generated markdown content in a macos app
  • render markdown strings in a tvos application

When to choose

  • you need fast, spec-compliant CommonMark rendering in Swift
  • you target Apple platforms or Linux with Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, or Carthage
  • you need both HTML output and AST access from Markdown

When to avoid

  • you need a pure-Swift Markdown parser without a C dependency
  • you need Markdown extensions beyond CommonMark (e.g., GFM tables)
  • your project is not in the Swift ecosystem

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

parser markdown templating parsers web-development developer-tools commonmark cmark html-rendering ast tvos ios macos linux swift

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="johnxnguyen/Down")

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