markdown-itv15.0.2, 11 Sept 2026
Markdown-it - modern pluggable markdown parser.
$ npm install markdown-it| Metric | react-markdown | markdown-it | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 24,600,313 | 20,702,593 | react-markdown +19% |
| 12-month download growth | +324% | +143% | react-markdown +181 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 11 | 6 | react-markdown 5 more |
| Unpacked size | 51 kB | 1.9 MB | react-markdown 37.4x smaller |
| Latest release | 10.1.0, 7 Mar 2025 | 15.0.2, 11 Sept 2026 | markdown-it 18 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | 8 | markdown-it 8 more |
| First published | 9 May 2015 | 19 Dec 2014 | markdown-it 5 months earlier |
| GitHub stars | 15,890 | 21,940 | markdown-it +38% |
| Open issues | 1 | 8 | markdown-it 7 more |
| Open pull requests | 4 | 2 | react-markdown 2 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 4 | 123 | markdown-it 30.8x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
react-markdown24.6m latest weekmarkdown-it20.7m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
react-markdown
Major versions
- 1.0.019 May 2015
- 2.0.021 Feb 2016
- 3.0.020 Nov 2017
- 4.0.02 Oct 2018
- 5.0.019 Oct 2020
- 6.0.015 Apr 2021
- 7.0.013 Aug 2021
- 8.0.017 Jan 2022
- 9.0.027 Sept 2023
- 10.0.020 Feb 2025
Last 5 releases
- 10.1.07 Mar 2025
- 10.0.13 Mar 2025
- 10.0.020 Feb 2025
- 9.1.020 Feb 2025
- 9.0.36 Jan 2025
94 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
markdown-it
Major versions
- 2.0.019 Dec 2014
- 3.0.04 Jan 2015
- 4.0.012 Mar 2015
- 5.0.05 Oct 2015
- 6.0.010 Feb 2016
- 7.0.022 Jun 2016
- 8.0.016 Sept 2016
- 9.0.09 Jul 2019
- 10.0.010 Sept 2019
- 11.0.019 May 2020
- 12.0.014 Oct 2020
- 13.0.022 Apr 2022
- 14.0.08 Dec 2023
- 15.0.030 Jul 2026
Last 5 releases
- 14.3.212 Sept 2026
- 15.0.211 Sept 2026
- 15.0.127 Aug 2026
- 14.3.127 Aug 2026
- 15.0.030 Jul 2026
87 releases in total, 8 in the last 12 months
react-markdown
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markdown-it
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react-markdown
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markdown-it
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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsmarkdown-it (react-markdown: ESM only; markdown-it: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()markdown-it
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Need the more recent releasemarkdown-it (15.0.2 on 11 Sept 2026 vs 10.1.0 on 7 Mar 2025)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsreact-markdown (24.6m vs 20.7m)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- react-markdown vs @mdx-js/reactNo search data
- react-markdown vs markdown-to-jsxNo search data
- react-markdown vs @mdxeditor/editorNo search data
- react-markdown vs @tryfabric/martianNo search data
- react-markdown vs markdownlintNo search data
- markdown-it vs markdown-exitNo search data
- markdown-it vs turndownNo search data
- markdown-it vs markdownlintNo search data
- markdown-it vs snarkdownNo search data
react-markdown: react-markdown npm registry, react-markdown npm downloads, react-markdown GitHub, react-markdown jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
markdown-it: markdown-it npm registry, markdown-it npm downloads, markdown-it GitHub, markdown-it jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.