Decision Workspace
comrak vs pulldown-cmark vs markdown
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
71
comrak
growingv0.51.0
A 100% CommonMark-compatible GitHub Flavored Markdown parser and formatter
66
pulldown-cmark
growingv0.13.3
A pull parser for CommonMark
59
markdown
growingv1.0.0
CommonMark compliant markdown parser in Rust with ASTs and extensions
Core Metrics
| comrak | pulldown-cmark | markdown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 71 | 66 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 3.9M | 78.5M | 5.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 502.4K | 8.9M | 442.1K |
| Dependents | 2.3K | 10.7K | 2.0K |
| Releases | 97 | 54 | 30 |
| Last Updated | 17d ago | 5d ago | 338d ago |
| Age | 8y 11m | 10y 10m | 11y 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
| comrak | pulldown-cmark | markdown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.51.0 | 0.13.3 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 27 | 10 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 259KB | 155KB | 219KB |
| Features | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 2.1% | 9.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | 1.71.1 | 1.56 |
| Owners | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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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.