mkdown 0.11.4

Tools for (Python-)Markdown

mkdown

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Feature	Python-Markdown	Markdown2	Mistune	Comrak (Rust)	PyroMark (Rust)	Markdown-It-PyRS (Rust)
Core CommonMark	✅	✅	✅	✅ (100% compliant)	✅	✅ (100% compliant)
Fenced code blocks	✅	✅ (with ext)	✅	✅	✅	✅
GitHub Flavored Markdown
Tables	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with .table)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with GFM or .table)
Task lists	✅ (with pymdownx.tasklist)	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with .tasklist)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with .tasklist)
Strikethrough	✅ (with pymdownx.tilde)	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with .strikethrough)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with GFM or .strikethrough)
Autolinks	✅ (with pymdownx.magiclink)	❌	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with .autolink)	✅ (with GFM)	✅ (with .autolink_ext)
GFM Alerts	❌	❌	❌	✅ (with .alerts)	✅ (with GFM)	❌
Extended Features
Footnotes	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with .footnotes)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with .footnote)
Definition lists	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	❌	✅ (with .description_lists)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with .deflist)
Admonitions	✅ (with ext)	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Math notation	✅ (with pymdownx.arithmatex)	❌	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with .math_dollars/.math_code)	✅ (optional)	❌
Superscript	✅ (with ext)	❌	❌	✅ (with .superscript)	✅ (optional)	❌
Subscript	✅ (with ext)	❌	❌	✅ (with .subscript)	✅ (optional)	❌
Table of Contents	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	❌	❌	❌	❌
Front matter	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	❌	✅ (with .front_matter_delimiter)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with .front_matter)
Wikilinks	✅ (with ext)	❌	❌	✅ (with .wikilinks_*)	✅ (optional)	❌
Header IDs	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	❌	✅ (with .header_ids)	✅ (optional)	✅ (with .heading_anchors)
Multiline blockquotes	❌	❌	❌	✅ (with .multiline_block_quotes)	❌	❌
Syntax highlighting	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with ext)	✅ (with plugin)	✅ (with plugins)	❌	❌
Special features	Admonitions	Smart quotes	Custom renderers	Spoiler, Greentext	Definition lists	Tree structure, very fast (20x faster than Python-Markdown)