Redcarpet
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The safe Markdown parser, reloaded. observed · 2026-10-02
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_readme
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5689
- days_rel: 593
- days_push: 20
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
5078 stars · 534 forks observed · 2026-10-02
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Redcarpet is a fast, safe Markdown parser for Ruby built on the C-based Sundown library, exposed via a Ruby gem with native extensions. It converts Markdown text to HTML through configurable renderer objects and supports common extensions like tables and fenced code blocks.
Use cases
- render markdown to html in a ruby app
- parse markdown documents safely
- convert user-submitted markdown content
- generate html from readme files
- customize markdown rendering with a custom renderer
When to choose
- you need a fast, C-backed Markdown parser in Ruby
- you want configurable Markdown extensions like tables and fenced code
- you need custom output via a renderer subclass
When to avoid
- you need CommonMark strict compliance
- you are not working in Ruby
- you need a pure-Ruby dependency-free parser
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
parser markdown templating parsers web-development documentation ruby cross-platform markdown-parser ruby-gem native-extension html-rendering
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet · fetched 2026-10-02 · e74dfcf3735a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| vmg/redcarpet | main | 66 |
| vmg/sundown | backend | 32 |
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