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id: python-markdown-math
version: "0.9"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
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# python-markdown-math — Math extension for Python-Markdown

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 411.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This package extends Python-Markdown with a math extension that recognizes mathematical formula delimiters in Markdown source and wraps them for rendering by client-side JavaScript libraries like MathJax or KaTeX. It supports inline math using `\(...\)`, display math using `$$...$$`, `\[...\]`, or LaTeX `\begin...\end` blocks, with optional support for single-dollar delimiters and GitLab-style syntax.

The extension is a lightweight wrapper that does not perform the actual math rendering—that responsibility falls to MathJax or KaTeX loaded in the HTML page. It integrates cleanly into Python-Markdown's extension system and can be used programmatically or from the command line. The package is stable and has been maintained since 2015, with support for current Python versions.

Use it for:

- Generate HTML from Markdown documents containing scientific or mathematical notation for web display.
- Build static site generators or documentation tools that need to render equations alongside prose.
- Convert Markdown with formulas to HTML for use in Jupyter notebooks or educational platforms.
- Command-line processing of Markdown files with math content using Python-Markdown's CLI.
- Integrate math rendering into ReText or other Markdown editors that don't include this extension by default.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Adds support for rendering mathematical formulas in Markdown documents by extending Python-Markdown to recognize math delimiters and pass them to MathJax or KaTeX for display.

Yes. The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, requires only one common dependency, and solves a specific problem cleanly. Install it if you need to render math formulas in Markdown and are willing to load MathJax or KaTeX separately in your HTML output. The aging maintenance status is not a concern for a mature, focused extension with no active bugs.

## Install

pip install python-markdown-math
uv add python-markdown-math
poetry add python-markdown-math

## Installing python-markdown-math

Before you install: Low install friction with a single pure-Python dependency. Last release was 491 days ago; the repository is active but the package is aging. Suitable for stable use in existing projects.

License in practice: BSD-3-Clause permissive license allows use in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install python-markdown-math

import markdown
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['mdx_math'])
result = md.convert('$$e^x$$')

Requires Python 3.9 or later. MathJax or KaTeX must be loaded separately in the HTML output for formulas to render in a browser.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works correctly with both MathJax 2.x and 3.x configurations in production environments.
- Performance characteristics when processing documents with many math formulas.

## Package facts

- License: BSD-3-Clause (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 411.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

markdown math formulas, python markdown latex support, mathjax markdown extension, render equations in markdown, markdown scientific notation, markdown-extension, math-rendering

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