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Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.
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Gray Matter alternatives for AI agents.
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Gray Matter
Smarter YAML front matter parser, used by metalsmith, Gatsby, Netlify, Assemble, mapbox-gl, phenomic, vuejs vitepress, TinaCMS, Shopify Polaris, Ant Design, Astro, hashicorp, garden, slidev, saber, sourcegraph, and many others. Simple to use, and battle tested. Parses YAML by default but can also parse JSON Front Matter, Coffee Front Matter, TOML Front Matter, and has support for custom parsers. Please follow gray-matter's author: https://github.com/jonschlinkert
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π A magical documentation site generator.
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$ npx skills add docsifyjs/docsify#3
Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed
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A markdown parser and compiler. Built for speed.
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$ npx skills add markedjs/marked#5
Markdown for the component era
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$ npx skills add mdx-js/mdx#6
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$ npx skills add Milkdown/milkdown#7
The last Markdown editor, ever.
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$ npx skills add Thinkmill/keystatic#9
Open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool built for quick capture. Markdown-native, lightweight, and fully yours.
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$ npx skills add usememos/memos#10
πA simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
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$ npx skills add marktext/marktext#11
Presentation Slides for Developers
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$ npx skills add slidevjs/slidev#12
The open source frontend for GitBook doc sites
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$ npx skills add GitbookIO/gitbook#13
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$ npx skills add toeverything/AFFiNE#14
Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal.
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$ npx skills add Textualize/rich#15
:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby
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$ npx skills add jekyll/jekyll#16
Universal markup converter
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When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Gray Matter if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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