# fletcher/MultiMarkdown

This project is now deprecated.  Please use MultiMarkdown-7 instead!

Repository: https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/multimarkdown
Homepage: https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-7
Language: Perl
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-08-12T11:08:05+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": 6283, "days_push": 1117, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1070, forks 510 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.954537+00:00)

## What it is
MultiMarkdown is a Perl-based extended version of Markdown that converts lightweight structured text into HTML and other formats. This repository is deprecated in favor of MultiMarkdown-7, a C-based rewrite.

## Use cases
- convert markdown files to html from the command line
- extended markdown with tables and footnotes
- generate latex from markdown
- process lightweight markup into multiple output formats

## When to choose
- you need a legacy Perl markdown converter for old toolchains
- you want to study the original MultiMarkdown implementation

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use MultiMarkdown-7 instead
- you need maintained software or security fixes
- you need ODT or modern export formats

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: parser, markdown, cli, templating
- domain: developer-tools, documentation, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: markdown-processor, latex-output, deprecated, perl, lightweight-markup

## Member repositories
- fletcher/MultiMarkdown (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.954537+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 2026-08-30T06:54:00.780516+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.954537+00:00, sha 535ff75d26f5)
  - homepage: https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-7 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:06.707195+00:00, sha 537b9a59f1a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.