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marked vs remarkable

Parsers and serialisersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
markedv18.0.14, 22 Sept 2026

A markdown parser built for speed

$ npm install marked
remarkablev2.0.1, 25 May 2020

Markdown parser, done right. 100% Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in one.

$ npm install remarkable
MetricmarkedremarkableDifference
Weekly downloads55,320,052996,658marked 55.5x higher
12-month download growth+276%+23%marked +253 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies02remarkable 2 more
Unpacked size493 kB1.1 MBmarked 2.3x smaller
Latest release18.0.14, 22 Sept 20262.0.1, 25 May 2020marked 6.3 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months250marked 25 more
First published24 Jul 201129 Aug 2014marked 3.1 years earlier
GitHub stars37,2035,843marked 6.4x higher
Open issues10116remarkable 106 more
Open pull requests817remarkable 9 more
Contributors251--
Commits, last 52 weeks2320marked higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM onlyESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

marked55.3m latest weekremarkable996.7k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

marked

Major versions
  1. 0.0.124 Jul 2011
  2. 1.0.021 Apr 2020
  3. 2.0.07 Feb 2021
  4. 3.0.016 Aug 2021
  5. 4.0.02 Nov 2021
  6. 5.0.02 May 2023
  7. 6.0.031 Jul 2023
  8. 7.0.06 Aug 2023
  9. 8.0.03 Sept 2023
  10. 9.0.09 Sept 2023
  11. 10.0.011 Nov 2023
  12. 11.0.029 Nov 2023
  13. 12.0.03 Feb 2024
  14. 13.0.012 Jun 2024
  15. 14.0.07 Aug 2024
  16. 15.0.09 Nov 2024
  17. 16.0.027 Jun 2025
  18. 17.0.07 Nov 2025
  19. 18.0.07 Apr 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 18.0.1422 Sept 2026
  2. 18.0.1312 Sept 2026
  3. 18.0.127 Sept 2026
  4. 18.0.1124 Aug 2026
  5. 18.0.1018 Aug 2026
223 releases in total, 25 in the last 12 months

remarkable

Major versions
  1. 0.1.029 Aug 2014
  2. 1.0.016 Oct 2014
  3. 2.0.07 Aug 2019
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.0.125 May 2020
  2. 2.0.07 Aug 2019
  3. 1.7.430 Jul 2019
  4. 1.7.329 Jul 2019
  5. 1.7.229 Jul 2019
23 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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  • Need no runtime dependenciesmarked (marked has 0, remarkable has 2)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsremarkable (marked: ESM only; remarkable: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()remarkable
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfmarked (marked: Bundled; remarkable: None)
  • Node.js version requirementmarked: >= 20; remarkable: >= 6.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasemarked (18.0.14 on 22 Sept 2026 vs 2.0.1 on 25 May 2020)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsmarked (55.3m vs 996.7k)

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Indexability: Indexed.