Decision Workspace
markdowny vs comrak vs html-to-markdown-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
markdowny
growingv0.5.0
Markdown parser with focus on error reporting, and with support for hairy templates, HTML, HTML-attributes, HTML-spans, HTML-blocks specified in Markdown.
72
comrak
growingv0.54.0
A 100% CommonMark-compatible GitHub Flavored Markdown parser and formatter
71
html-to-markdown-rs
growingv3.8.3
High-performance HTML to Markdown converter using the astral-tl parser. Part of the Xberg ecosystem.
Core Metrics
| markdowny | comrak | html-to-markdown-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 72 | 71 |
| Total Downloads | 10.2K | 6.1M | 754.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 363.4K | 145.8K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.0K | 533 |
| Releases | 8 | 100 | 218 |
| Last Updated | 609d ago | 2d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 4y 1m | 9y 3m | 9m |
Health Breakdown
markdowny
Maintenance
5
Quality
12
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
comrak
Maintenance
19
Quality
12
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
html-to-markdown-rs
Maintenance
20
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| markdowny | comrak | html-to-markdown-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.0 | 0.54.0 | 3.8.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 27 | 21 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 267KB | 727KB |
| Features | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 12.5% | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •comrak leads with a health score of 72/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •comrak is depended on by 3.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ markdowny has not been updated in over a year.
- •markdowny, comrak are pre-1.0 — API may change.