# jrblevin/markdown-mode

Emacs Markdown Mode

Repository: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/markdown-mode
Homepage: http://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: emacs, gnu-emacs, markdown, markdown-editor, gfm, leanpub, plain-text
Last push: 2026-08-21T00:11:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 42, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4111, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 178, "gap_med": 375, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1044, forks 185 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:21.211444+00:00)

## What it is
markdown-mode is an Emacs major mode for editing Markdown-formatted text, with syntax highlighting, keybindings, and preview/export via an external Markdown processor like Pandoc. It supports standard Markdown, GitHub Flavored Markdown, and Leanpub extensions.

## Use cases
- edit markdown files in emacs
- syntax highlighting for markdown in emacs
- preview markdown as html from emacs
- export markdown to html
- write gfm readme files in emacs
- emacs major mode for markdown

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and write Markdown regularly
- you want GFM or Leanpub flavor support in the editor
- you want inline preview and export driven by Pandoc or similar processors

## When to avoid
- you use Vim, VS Code, or another editor
- you need a standalone Markdown editor or renderer
- you don't want to install an external Markdown processor for preview/export

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, markdown, documentation
- domain: text-editors, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: emacs-lisp, major-mode, gfm, syntax-highlighting, preview, export, emacs

## Member repositories
- jrblevin/markdown-mode (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.211444+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 2026-08-30T07:02:14.161875+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.211444+00:00, sha 7ac7a642eb19)
  - homepage: http://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:14.145762+00:00, sha 3980a84c3f95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.