| Metric | turndown | showdown | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 6,780,055 | 1,028,856 | turndown 6.6x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +290% | +26% | turndown +264 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | Same |
| Unpacked size | 187 kB | 782 kB | turndown 4.2x smaller |
| Latest release | 7.2.4, 3 Apr 2026 | 2.1.0, 21 Apr 2022 | turndown 4.0 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 | 0 | turndown 3 more |
| First published | 2 Jun 2017 | 12 Apr 2011 | showdown 6.1 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 11,449 | 14,871 | showdown +30% |
| Open issues | 110 | 215 | showdown 105 more |
| Open pull requests | 34 | 17 | turndown 17 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 41 | 241 | showdown 5.9x higher |
| TypeScript types | None | None | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | 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.
turndown6.8m latest weekshowdown1m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
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Major versions
- 0.0.12 Jun 2017
- 4.0.017 Dec 2017
- 5.0.021 Aug 2018
- 6.0.011 Mar 2020
- 7.0.08 Oct 2020
Last 5 releases
- 7.2.43 Apr 2026
- 7.2.33 Apr 2026
- 7.2.224 Oct 2025
- 7.2.114 Aug 2025
- 7.2.019 May 2024
24 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months
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Major versions
- 0.0.112 Apr 2011
- 1.0.027 May 2015
- 2.0.016 Feb 2022
Last 5 releases
- 2.1.021 Apr 2022
- 2.0.421 Apr 2022
- 2.0.38 Mar 2022
- 2.0.23 Mar 2022
- 2.0.11 Mar 2022
59 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsturndown (turndown: ESM + CommonJS; showdown: CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()Both
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfNeither (turndown: None; showdown: None)
- Node.js version requirementturndown: >=18; showdown: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseturndown (7.2.4 on 3 Apr 2026 vs 2.1.0 on 21 Apr 2022)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsturndown (6.8m vs 1m)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- turndown vs snarkdownNo search data
- markdown-it vs turndownNo search data
- turndown vs markdownlintNo search data
- turndown vs json2mdNo search data
- showdown vs @tryfabric/martianNo search data
- showdown vs json2mdNo search data
turndown: turndown npm registry, turndown npm downloads, turndown GitHub, turndown jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
showdown: showdown npm registry, showdown npm downloads, showdown GitHub, showdown jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.