# mrcoles/markdown-css

CSS for making regular HTML look like plain-text markdown.

Repository: https://github.com/mrcoles/markdown-css
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/markdown-css
Homepage: http://mrcoles.com/demo/markdown-css/
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-10-02T13:12:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4956, "days_push": 2161, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1437, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.698531+00:00)

## What it is
A CSS stylesheet (built from LESS) that makes regular HTML render as if it were plain-text markdown, using only CSS with no JavaScript. It includes an experimental bookmarklet for applying the styles to any page.

## Use cases
- make html pages look like plain-text markdown
- style html with css to resemble markdown source
- apply markdown look to any webpage via bookmarklet
- css-only markdown theme for rendered html

## When to choose
- you want HTML to visually appear as markdown text without JavaScript
- you need a fun or novelty CSS theme for rendered markdown documents

## When to avoid
- you need actual markdown-to-HTML conversion or parsing
- you need image support or pixel-perfect rendering beyond 100 characters wide

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: css-framework, theme
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: css, markdown-styling, bookmarklet, less, markdown, web-server

## Member repositories
- mrcoles/markdown-css (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.698531+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:44.837804+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mrcoles/markdown-css (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.698531+00:00, sha f2037c6abbb6)
  - homepage: http://mrcoles.com/demo/markdown-css/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:30.307340+00:00, sha 06ff559ddd52)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.