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Markdown

A Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown with Extension support.

From Python-Markdown·Updated June 18, 2026·View on GitHub·

[![Build Status][build-button]][build] [![Coverage Status][codecov-button]][codecov] [![Latest Version][mdversion-button]][md-pypi] [![Python Versions][pyversion-button]][md-pypi] [![BSD License][bsdlicense-button]][bsdlicense] [![Code of Conduct][codeofconduct-button]][Code of Conduct] The project is written primarily in Python, distributed under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License license, first published in 2010. It has gained significant community traction with 4,214 stars and 901 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: markdown, markdown-parser, markdown-to-html, python, python-markdown.

Latest release: 3.10.2Release 3.10.2
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Python-Markdown

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This is a Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown.
It is almost completely compliant with the reference implementation,
though there are a few known issues. See Features for information
on what exactly is supported and what is not. Additional features are
supported by the Available Extensions.

Documentation

bash
pip install markdown
python
import markdown html = markdown.markdown(your_text_string)

For more advanced installation and usage documentation, see the docs/ directory
of the distribution or the project website at https://Python-Markdown.github.io/.

See the change log at https://python-markdown.github.io/changelog/.

Support

You may report bugs, ask for help, and discuss various other issues on the bug tracker.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Python-Markdown project's code bases, issue trackers,
and mailing lists is expected to follow the Code of Conduct.

Contributors

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