# noties/Markwon

Android markdown library (no WebView)

Repository: https://github.com/noties/Markwon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/markwon
Homepage: https://noties.io/Markwon/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, markdown
Last push: 2024-04-17T06:35:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3394, "days_push": 868, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3414, forks 397 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.595766+00:00)

## What it is
Markwon is an Android markdown library that parses markdown per the CommonMark spec using commonmark-java and renders it as native Android Spannables, with no WebView or HTML intermediate step. It supports tables, images, syntax highlighting, LaTeX, HTML tags, and includes an editor for live markdown highlighting in EditText.

## Use cases
- render markdown in android textview
- display markdown without webview on android
- show markdown tables and images in native android app
- live highlight markdown as user types in edittext
- render latex formulas in android markdown
- convert markdown to spanned text for toasts
- syntax highlight code blocks in android markdown

## When to choose
- you need fast, native markdown rendering in Android TextViews without WebView
- you want extensible markdown rendering with plugins for tables, LaTeX, images, and syntax highlighting
- you need a markdown editor with live input highlighting on Android

## When to avoid
- you need markdown rendering on platforms other than Android
- you want a WebView-based renderer with full HTML/CSS fidelity
- you need a cross-platform (Flutter/React Native) markdown solution

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, ui-components, markdown
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, text-editors
- platform: jvm
- tags: markdown-rendering, spannable, commonmark, no-webview, syntax-highlighting, text-view, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- noties/Markwon (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.595766+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 2026-08-29T18:38:29.392838+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/noties/Markwon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.595766+00:00, sha d7ddcb602be2)
  - homepage: https://noties.io/Markwon/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:27.964389+00:00, sha ab8670784c62)
  - site_page: https://noties.io/Markwon/docs/v4/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:27.990676+00:00, sha 34cbf58629c1)
  - site_page: https://noties.io/Markwon/docs/v3/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:27.992984+00:00, sha 370de198fdf1)
  - site_page: https://noties.io/Markwon/docs/v2 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:27.994820+00:00, sha a04835cd2dbb)
  - site_page: https://noties.io/Markwon/docs/v4/core/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:27.997161+00:00, sha 5a260cde3f4a)
  - site_page: https://noties.io/Markwon/docs/v4/core/plugins.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:27.999148+00:00, sha a859dbec17a9)
  - site_page: https://noties.io/Markwon/docs/v4/core/registry.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:28.001197+00:00, sha 76d288b5cb13)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.