Package

remark-github

remark plugin to autolink references like in GitHub issues, PRs, and comments

v12.0.0, 23 Sept 2023MITESM onlyTypes: BundledMarkdown Parsers and serialisers

$ npm install remark-github

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 542.8k; +119% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 6; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v12.0.0
GitHub stars: 193; 23 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 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.

542,811 downloads last week, 2,671,014 in the last month. The 12-month change of +119% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 033 in total
Latest version: 12.0.0, 23 Sept 20233 years ago
First published: 24 Dec 2015
Last push to GitHub: 17 Aug 2024768 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 52

Major versions

v12 first release 12.0.0, 23 Sept 2023
v11 first release 11.0.0, 6 Aug 2021
v10 first release 10.0.0, 5 Oct 2020
v9 first release 9.0.0, 23 Mar 2020
v8 first release 8.0.0, 19 Jul 2019
v7 first release 7.0.0, 23 Feb 2017
v6 first release 6.0.0, 21 Aug 2016
v5 first release 5.0.0, 13 Jun 2016
v4 first release 4.0.0, 23 Jan 2016
v3 first release 3.0.0, 13 Jan 2016
v2 first release 2.0.0, 24 Dec 2015

Recent releases

Version	Published
12.0.0	23 Sept 2023
11.2.4	13 Jul 2022
11.2.3	12 May 2022
11.2.2	14 Nov 2021
11.2.1	28 Oct 2021
11.2.0	26 Oct 2021
11.1.1	22 Oct 2021
11.1.0	21 Aug 2021
11.0.0	6 Aug 2021
10.1.0	12 May 2021
10.0.1	17 Oct 2020
10.0.0	5 Oct 2020
9.0.1	23 Jun 2020
9.0.0	23 Mar 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): 38 kB
Dependencies (6): vfileto-vfile@types/mdastunist-util-visitmdast-util-to-stringmdast-util-find-and-replace

Install

npm install remark-github

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/remark-github@12.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/remark-github@12.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/remark-github@12.0.0

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

Indexability: Indexed.