sirthias/pegdown
A pure-Java Markdown processor based on a parboiled PEG parser supporting a number of extensions observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5969
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3549
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1292 stars · 208 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pegdown is a pure-Java Markdown processor built on a parboiled PEG parser, supporting the original Markdown spec plus many extensions. The project is officially end-of-life and unmaintained, with the author recommending flexmark-java as its replacement.
Use cases
- parse markdown to html in java
- convert markdown documents on the jvm
- markdown parser with extensions like tables and smart quotes
- legacy pegdown maintenance in existing java projects
- extend markdown processing with custom plugins
When to choose
- you maintain legacy code already depending on pegdown
- you need pegdown-specific dialect quirks in an existing pipeline
When to avoid
- starting any new project requiring a markdown parser
- parsing large or pathological markdown inputs where performance matters
- you need actively maintained software with bug fixes
- you want a modern CommonMark-compliant parser
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
parser markdown templating parsers documentation web-development developer-tools jvm cross-platform peg-parser parboiled html-generation deprecated flexmark-successor
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/sirthias/pegdown · fetched 2026-08-28 · 01c2fe059f55
- homepage: http://pegdown.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 433f7b98c9d8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sirthias/pegdown | main | 32 |
For agents
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