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A bidirectional Markdown to HTML to Markdown converter written in Javascript
15K starsJan 2, 2026 pushdocument-processingJavaScriptMarkdown
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A fast, powerful, CommonMark compliant, extensible Markdown processor for .NET
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$ npx skills add xoofx/markdig#3
Highly-extensible PHP Markdown parser which fully supports the CommonMark and GFM specs.
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$ npx skills add thephpleague/commonmark#4
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$ npx skills add Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor#5
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$ npx skills add markedjs/marked#6
Better Markdown Parser in PHP
15K starsFeb 18, 2026 pushdocument-processingPHPMarkdown
$ npx skills add erusev/parsedown#7
CommonMark/Markdown Java parser with source level AST. CommonMark 0.28, emulation of: pegdown, kramdown, markdown.pl, MultiMarkdown. With HTML to MD, MD to PDF, MD to DOCX conversion modules.
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$ npx skills add vsch/flexmark-java#8
A Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown with Extension support.
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$ npx skills add Python-Markdown/markdown#9
🛏 An HTML to Markdown converter written in JavaScript
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$ npx skills add mixmark-io/turndown#10
Application for managing recipes, planning meals, building shopping lists and much much more!
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$ npx skills add TandoorRecipes/recipes#11
Pico is a stupidly simple, blazing fast, flat file CMS.
3.9K starsDec 23, 2025 pushdocument-processingPHPMarkdown
$ npx skills add picocms/Pico#12
Convert HTML to Markdown with PHP
1.9K starsApr 20, 2026 pushdocument-processingPHPMarkdown
$ npx skills add thephpleague/html-to-markdown#13
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
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$ npx skills add getzola/zola#14
Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony
16K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdocument-processingPHPMarkdown
$ npx skills add getgrav/grav#15
Контент Доки: статьи, картинки, демки и документация для авторов
1.5K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdocument-processingHTMLMarkdown
$ npx skills add doka-guide/content#16
Vite & Vue powered static site generator.
18K starsJun 12, 2026 pushdocument-processingTypeScriptMarkdown
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