Show HN: Montmark – A lightweight, fast pure-Python parser

Category: library

Tags: markdown-parser, python, commonmark

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 6, Utility: 5)

Montmark is a lightweight, pure-Python Markdown parser that converts Markdown to HTML with over 90% CommonMark compliance. It achieves faster benchmark speeds than popular alternatives like markdown-it and mistune, making it an interesting option for performance-sensitive Python applications despite its alpha status.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/desgeeko/montmark · Python · MIT

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