---
id: snakemd
version: "2.4.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# SnakeMD — A markdown generation library for Python.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 148.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

SnakeMD is a Python library that lets you generate Markdown files by calling Python methods instead of writing raw Markdown syntax. You create a Document object, add content using methods like add_paragraph(), add_table(), add_code(), and add_list(), then write the result to a file. It handles the Markdown formatting automatically.

The library supports a wide range of Markdown elements—paragraphs, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, checklists, nested lists, tables with alignment, code blocks with syntax highlighting, block quotes, horizontal rules, and raw HTML or preformatted text. It's useful for generating READMEs, API documentation, reports, or any Markdown-based content programmatically, especially when the content is dynamic or generated from data.

Use it for:

- Generate README files automatically from project metadata or configuration.
- Build API documentation or changelogs programmatically from code or data sources.
- Create formatted reports or tables from Python data structures.
- Generate Markdown-based documentation that includes code examples with syntax highlighting.
- Automate the creation of nested or complex Markdown structures that would be tedious to write by hand.

## Worth the install?

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SnakeMD generates Markdown files programmatically from Python, letting you build documentation, README files, and other Markdown content through a Python API instead of writing raw Markdown text.

Yes. SnakeMD is actively maintained, has zero dependencies, installs cleanly, supports modern Python versions, carries a permissive MIT license, and solves a real problem—programmatic Markdown generation. Install it if you need to generate Markdown files from Python code.

## Install

pip install snakemd
uv add snakemd
poetry add snakemd

## Installing SnakeMD

Before you install: Low friction install with no runtime dependencies. Actively maintained with a recent release (76 days ago) and stable status across current Python versions (3.10–3.14).

License in practice: MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute SnakeMD with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.

Quickstart:

pip install snakemd

from snakemd import Document

doc = Document("example")
doc.add_paragraph("Hello, world!")
doc.add_ordered_list(["Item 1", "Item 2"])
doc.dump()

Requires Python 3.10 or later.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 148.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

markdown generation python, programmatic markdown builder, python markdown library, generate readme files, markdown from python code, documentation generator python, markdown api python, markdown-generation, documentation-automation

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