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Brief overview of opensource tools for client-side markdown
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Client-side Markdown

https://github.com/tanakahisateru/js-markdown-extra
Promising in terms of functionality, but still very buggy and currently has a slow rate of development.

https://leeoniya.github.io/reMarked.js/
Definitely worth considering. (Also: nice page of links.)

https://github.com/jmcmanus/pagedown-extra
Has a good list of desirable functionality, but far too heavyweight, as proved by the time it takes to render its homepage.

https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown
At present this looks like the dog's nads:

  • Under active development.
  • Seems to have all the functionality I want.
  • Has great performance (compared to other client-side options).
  • Seems surprisingly clutter-free and open to extension.
  • Already has integration with Angular if I want that later.
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