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react-markdown vs markdownlint

MarkdownPackage data 25 Sept 2026
react-markdownv10.1.0, 7 Mar 2025

React component to render markdown

$ npm install react-markdown
markdownlintv0.41.1, 13 Jul 2026

A Node.js style checker and lint tool for Markdown/CommonMark files.

$ npm install markdownlint
Metricreact-markdownmarkdownlintDifference
Weekly downloads24,600,3132,172,841react-markdown 11.3x higher
12-month download growth+324%+127%react-markdown +197 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies119react-markdown 2 more
Unpacked size51 kB821 kBreact-markdown 16.0x smaller
Latest release10.1.0, 7 Mar 20250.41.1, 13 Jul 2026markdownlint 16 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months04markdownlint 4 more
First published9 May 201515 Mar 2015markdownlint 55 days earlier
GitHub stars15,8906,357react-markdown 2.5x higher
Open issues182markdownlint 81 more
Open pull requests40react-markdown 4 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks4368markdownlint 92.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM onlySame
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.

react-markdown24.6m latest weekmarkdownlint2.2m 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.

react-markdown

Major versions
  1. 1.0.019 May 2015
  2. 2.0.021 Feb 2016
  3. 3.0.020 Nov 2017
  4. 4.0.02 Oct 2018
  5. 5.0.019 Oct 2020
  6. 6.0.015 Apr 2021
  7. 7.0.013 Aug 2021
  8. 8.0.017 Jan 2022
  9. 9.0.027 Sept 2023
  10. 10.0.020 Feb 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 10.1.07 Mar 2025
  2. 10.0.13 Mar 2025
  3. 10.0.020 Feb 2025
  4. 9.1.020 Feb 2025
  5. 9.0.36 Jan 2025
94 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

markdownlint

Major versions
  1. 0.0.115 Mar 2015
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.41.113 Jul 2026
  2. 0.41.010 Jun 2026
  3. 0.40.04 Dec 2025
  4. 0.39.013 Oct 2025
  5. 0.38.03 May 2025
80 releases in total, 4 in the last 12 months
react-markdown

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markdownlint

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react-markdown

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markdownlint

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  • Module formatBoth ESM only
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementreact-markdown: none declared; markdownlint: >=22 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasemarkdownlint (0.41.1 on 13 Jul 2026 vs 10.1.0 on 7 Mar 2025)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsreact-markdown (24.6m vs 2.2m)

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