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comrak vs pulldown-cmark vs markdown

Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates

Core Metrics

comrakpulldown-cmarkmarkdown
Health Score716659
Total Downloads3.9M78.5M5.7M
30d Downloads502.4K8.9M442.1K
Dependents2.3K10.7K2.0K
Releases975430
Last Updated17d ago5d ago338d ago
Age8y 11m10y 10m11y 2m

Health Breakdown

comrak
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
pulldown-cmark
Maintenance
18
Quality
11
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
markdown
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
11

Technical Details

comrakpulldown-cmarkmarkdown
Version0.51.00.13.31.0.0
Stable (≥1.0)✗ No✗ No✓ Yes
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseMITMIT
Dependencies27108
Crate Size259KB155KB219KB
Features544
Yanked %2.1%9.3%0.0%
Edition202420212018
MSRV1.851.71.11.56
Owners331

Quick Verdict

  • comrak leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
  • pulldown-cmark has the most downloads (78.5M), suggesting wider adoption.
  • pulldown-cmark is depended on by 10.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
  • comrak, pulldown-cmark are pre-1.0 — API may change.