markedjs/marked

Health v2 · maintenance only

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37094 stars · 3686 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Marked is a fast, low-level markdown parser and compiler written in JavaScript that converts markdown to HTML. It has zero dependencies, supports custom extensions, and works in the browser, on a server (Node.js), or as a CLI tool.

Use cases

• convert markdown to html in node.js
• render markdown in the browser
• parse markdown files from the command line
• build a markdown editor with live preview
• render user-generated markdown content in a web app
• extend markdown with custom syntax

When to choose

• you need a fast, lightweight markdown-to-HTML converter with zero dependencies
• you want to run the same parser in browser, server, and CLI environments
• you need to extend markdown with custom syntax via extensions

When to avoid

• you need sanitized HTML output - marked does not sanitize and requires a library like DOMPurify
• you need strict CommonMark compliance above all else
• you need markdown parsing with built-in caching

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser compiler markdown cli web-development frontend developer-tools documentation browser cli cross-platform markdown-parser markdown-to-html gfm commonmark zero-dependencies extensible nodejs

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