Package

showdown-katex

showdown extension that adds latex and asciimath support

v0.8.0MITCommonJSTypes: NoneMarkdown Parsers and serialisers

$ npm install showdown-katex

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1.3k; +48% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 2; Direct, from package.json
Last release: -; v0.8.0
GitHub stars: 39; 11 forks
Open issues / PRs: 5 / 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.

1,253 downloads last week, 6,836 in the last month. The 12-month change of +48% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 0.8.0
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 19 Oct 20221,436 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 5
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 6.2 MB
Dependencies (2): jsdomkatex
Peer dependencies (1): showdown

Install

npm install showdown-katex

CDN

jsDelivr: 196.1k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/showdown-katex@0.8.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/showdown-katex@0.8.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/showdown-katex@0.8.0

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 1253 < 10000.