# Expensify/react-native-live-markdown

Drop-in replacement for React Native's TextInput component with Markdown formatting.

Repository: https://github.com/Expensify/react-native-live-markdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-live-markdown
Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@expensify/react-native-live-markdown
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: markdown, react-native, textinput
Last push: 2026-08-24T11:34:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 72
- inputs: {"age_days": 1017, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1335, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.274350+00:00)

## What it is
A drop-in replacement for React Native's TextInput component that renders Markdown formatting live as the user types. It provides synchronous formatting on every keystroke while preserving a fully native text input experience on Android, iOS, and web.

## Use cases
- render markdown formatting while typing in a react native text input
- build a chat composer with live markdown styling
- replace TextInput with markdown-aware formatting in react native
- create a note editor that formats markdown in real time
- add live markdown highlighting to a cross-platform mobile app
- customize markdown parser and styles for a text field

## When to avoid
- your project uses the old React Native architecture (New Architecture is required)
- you rely on Expo Go rather than a dev client or bare workflow
- you only need to display static markdown rather than edit it
- you need a pure JavaScript solution without native code builds

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, markdown, form-handling
- domain: frontend, mobile-development, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react-native, textinput, live-formatting, expensify, new-architecture, android, ios, web

## Member repositories
- Expensify/react-native-live-markdown (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.274350+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 2026-08-30T04:44:21.137122+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Expensify/react-native-live-markdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.274350+00:00, sha ebf54d3e3536)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.