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id: markdown-it-py
version: "4.2.0"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# markdown-it-py — Python port of markdown-it. Markdown parsing, done right!

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 100 on PyPI

## Install

pip install markdown-it-py
uv add markdown-it-py
poetry add markdown-it-py

## Description

# markdown-it-py

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> Markdown parser done right.

- Follows the __[CommonMark spec](http://spec.commonmark.org/)__ for baseline parsing
- Configurable syntax: you can add new rules and even replace existing ones.
- Pluggable: Adds syntax extensions to extend the parser (see the [plugin list][md-plugins]).
- High speed (see our [benchmarking tests][md-performance])
- Easy to configure for [security][md-security]
- Member of [Google's Assured Open Source Software](https://cloud.google.com/assured-open-source-software/docs/supported-packages)

This is a Python port of [markdown-it], and some of its associated plugins.
For more details see: <https://markdown-it-py.readthedocs.io>.

For details on [markdown-it] itself, see:

- The __[Live demo](https://markdown-it.github.io)__
- [The markdown-it...

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