Package

micromark-extension-frontmatter

micromark extension to support frontmatter (YAML, TOML, etc)

v2.0.0, 27 Jun 2023MITESM onlyTypes: BundledParsers and serialisers Markdown

$ npm install micromark-extension-frontmatter

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 5.4m; +141% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v2.0.0
GitHub stars: 26; 4 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

5,413,021 downloads last week, 23,490,400 in the last month. The 12-month change of +141% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 09 in total
Latest version: 2.0.0, 27 Jun 20233 years ago
First published: 10 Sept 2020
Last push to GitHub: 25 Feb 2025576 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 111

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 27 Jun 2023
v1 first release 1.0.0, 22 Jun 2021
v0 first release 0.1.0, 10 Sept 2020

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.0	27 Jun 2023
1.1.1	30 May 2023
1.1.0	29 Mar 2023
1.0.1	27 Feb 2023
1.0.0	22 Jun 2021
0.2.2	29 Sept 2020
0.2.1	23 Sept 2020
0.2.0	17 Sept 2020
0.1.0	10 Sept 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 58 kB
Dependencies (4): faultmicromark-util-typesmicromark-util-symbolmicromark-util-character

Install

npm install micromark-extension-frontmatter

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/micromark-extension-frontmatter@2.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/micromark-extension-frontmatter@2.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/micromark-extension-frontmatter@2.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
gray-matter Parse front-matter from a string or file. Fast, reliable and easy to use. Parses YAML front matter by default, but also has support for YAML, JSON, TOML or Coffee Front-Matter, with options to set custom delimiters. Used by metalsmith, assemble, verb and	7.1m	-	5 years ago	CommonJS	-
marked A markdown parser built for speed	55.3m	-	2 days ago	ESM only	-
remarkable Markdown parser, done right. 100% Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in one.	996.7k	-	6 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
@tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-markdown Markdown grammar for tree-sitter	57.4k	-	2 years ago	CommonJS	-
mdast-util-to-string mdast utility to get the plain text content of a node	42m	-	3 years ago	ESM only	-
@marp-team/marp-core The core of Marp tools	98.1k	-	2 months ago	CommonJS	-
@textlint/fixer-formatter textlint output formatter for fixer	128.3k	-	1 month ago	CommonJS	-
tablemark Generate markdown tables from a list of objects or JSON data.	71.8k	-	1 year ago	ESM only	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.