pulldown-cmark by pulldown-cmark
An efficient, reliable parser for CommonMark, a standard dialect of Markdown
About pulldown-cmark
From the project's README at github.com/pulldown-cmark/pulldown-cmark. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://github.com/pulldown-cmark/pulldown-cmark/actions/workflows/rust.yml) [](https://docs.rs/pulldown-cmark) [](https://crates.io/crates/pulldown-cmark)
This library is a pull parser for CommonMark, written in Rust. It comes with a simple command-line tool, useful for rendering to HTML, and is also designed to be easy to use from as a library.
It is designed to be: Fast; a bare minimum of allocation and copying Safe; written in pure Rust with no unsafe blocks (except in the opt-in SIMD feature) Versatile; in particular source-maps are supported Correct; the goal is 100% compliance with the CommonMark spec
Further, it optionally supports parsing footnotes, Github flavored tables, Github flavored task lists and strikethrough.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 2.6k | github.com/pulldown-cmark/pulldown-cmark |
| GitHub forks | 280 | github.com/pulldown-cmark/pulldown-cmark |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 25584k | pulldown-cmark |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.9 years | since Jun 2015 |
| Last commit | 14 days ago | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 32 | last: 2 months ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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