iamgio/quarkdown

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16027 stars · 496 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Quarkdown is a modern Markdown-based typesetting system written in Kotlin that compiles Markdown with scripting extensions into papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases. It offers document types (paged, slides, docs, plain), themes, and a standard library, positioning itself as a free alternative to LaTeX, Typst, and static site generators.

Use cases

• write academic papers in markdown and export to pdf
• create slide presentations from markdown
• build a documentation wiki or knowledge base
• generate a static website from markdown notes
• replace latex with a simpler markdown-based typesetting tool
• author books and reports with page layouts
• let an ai agent generate styled documents

When to choose

• you want LaTeX-quality typesetting without learning LaTeX
• you need one tool for papers, slides, docs, and sites from a single markdown source
• you want programmable markdown with functions, themes, and layout control
• you prefer a CLI workflow with a VS Code extension

When to avoid

• you need plain vanilla markdown with no custom syntax
• you require a WYSIWYG editor rather than a compile step
• you depend on a specific existing SSG ecosystem like Hugo or Docusaurus plugins
• you need a GPL-incompatible license for your project

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

compiler static-site-generator templating markdown pdf documentation web-development documentation developer-tools education cross-platform cli jvm editor-plugin typesetting slides presentations latex-alternative knowledge-base scripting-language vscode-extension kotlin

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