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turndown vs json2md

MarkdownPackage data 25 Sept 2026
turndownv7.2.4, 3 Apr 2026

A library that converts HTML to Markdown

$ npm install turndown
json2mdv2.0.3, 11 Apr 2025

A JSON to Markdown converter.

$ npm install json2md
Metricturndownjson2mdDifference
Weekly downloads6,780,055119,205turndown 56.9x higher
12-month download growth+290%+15%turndown +275 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies11Same
Unpacked size187 kB35 kBjson2md 5.3x smaller
Latest release7.2.4, 3 Apr 20262.0.3, 11 Apr 2025turndown 12 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months3--
First published2 Jun 2017--
GitHub stars11,449654turndown 17.5x higher
Open issues1108turndown 102 more
Open pull requests340turndown 34 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks410turndown higher
TypeScript typesNoneNoneSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
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.

turndown6.8m latest weekjson2md119.2k 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.

turndown

Major versions
  1. 0.0.12 Jun 2017
  2. 4.0.017 Dec 2017
  3. 5.0.021 Aug 2018
  4. 6.0.011 Mar 2020
  5. 7.0.08 Oct 2020
Last 5 releases
  1. 7.2.43 Apr 2026
  2. 7.2.33 Apr 2026
  3. 7.2.224 Oct 2025
  4. 7.2.114 Aug 2025
  5. 7.2.019 May 2024
24 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months

json2md

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
turndown

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json2md

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turndown

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json2md

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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsturndown (turndown: ESM + CommonJS; json2md: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfNeither (turndown: None; json2md: None)
  • Node.js version requirementturndown: >=18; json2md: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseturndown (7.2.4 on 3 Apr 2026 vs 2.0.3 on 11 Apr 2025)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsturndown (6.8m vs 119.2k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

json2md: json2md npm registry, json2md npm downloads, json2md GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.