# iamgio/quarkdown

🪐 Markdown with superpowers: from ideas to papers, presentations, websites, books, and knowledge bases.

Repository: https://github.com/iamgio/quarkdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/quarkdown
Homepage: https://quarkdown.com
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: markdown, markup-language, paper, scripting-language, slides, presentations, typesetting, typesetting-system, pdf, compiler, markup, knowledge-management, static-site-generator, documentation, wiki
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:10:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 67
- inputs: {"age_days": 946, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 43}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 16027, forks 496 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:14.697164+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: compiler, static-site-generator, templating, markdown, pdf, documentation
- domain: web-development, documentation, developer-tools, education
- platform: cross-platform, cli, jvm, editor-plugin
- tags: typesetting, slides, presentations, latex-alternative, knowledge-base, scripting-language, vscode-extension, kotlin

## Member repositories
- iamgio/quarkdown (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:14.697164+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 2026-08-29T17:05:16.631927+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/iamgio/quarkdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:14.697164+00:00, sha 9b7e6aa9313d)
  - homepage: https://quarkdown.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:03:06.402735+00:00, sha 10ad89798f25)
  - site_page: https://quarkdown.com/docs/quarkdown-stdlib (fetched 2026-08-29T08:03:06.416271+00:00, sha a1a8f0cdc960)
  - site_page: https://quarkdown.com/wiki/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T08:03:06.412152+00:00, sha fedfb136a64e)
  - site_page: https://quarkdown.com/blog/quarkdown-2-4 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:03:06.414461+00:00, sha c4c1402cdeb3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.