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Installer lowdown avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de lowdown pour les workflows d'agents IA.

Commande d'installationNotes de sécurité

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install lowdown

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install lowdown

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/lowdown/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add lowdown

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · lowdown · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install lowdown

Debian stable package indexes · lowdown · Source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install lowdown

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · lowdown · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#lowdown

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lo/lowdown/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S lowdown

Arch Linux sync databases · lowdown · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install lowdown

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · lowdown · Source: download.opensuse.org

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Simple markdown translator

Commandes et alias

  • lowdown
  • lowdown-diff

historique

Historique du projet et usages

lowdown is Kristaps Dzonsons' dependency-free C Markdown translator. It converts Markdown into HTML5, roff formats, LaTeX, Gemini text, OpenDocument, and ANSI/UTF-8 terminal output, and it also exposes a C library API.

Historique du projet

The official GitHub README states that lowdown is a fork of hoedown, but that its parser and front ends have changed significantly. The official project site describes it as a BSD.lv text-processing project and points to the GitHub repository for development, while directing stable releases, documentation, and general information to kristaps.bsd.lv.

A key design point in the official site is that lowdown internally converts Markdown to an AST rather than directly formatting output. That architecture supports semantic analysis such as the `lowdown-diff` Markdown tree differ, and it helps explain why the project grew beyond a simple one-format Markdown renderer.

Historique d'adoption

The official site advises users to check their system package manager before building from source, and the batch input records packaging across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian/Ubuntu development packages, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE. That broad packaging fits lowdown's profile as a small C tool and library useful in Unix documentation pipelines.

The repository was created on GitHub in 2016. The project site reports version 3.0.1 and says lowdown has no dependencies, with portability across OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Linux with glibc and musl, Solaris, and Illumos through `oconfigure`.

Modes d'utilisation

As a CLI, `lowdown` can render Markdown to terminal output for quick review, standalone HTML5, roff `ms` or `man` output for PDF/manpage workflows, LaTeX, OpenDocument, Gemini text, and more. The site gives examples such as `lowdown -t term README.md | less -R`, `lowdown -s -o README.html README.md`, and roff/LaTeX pipelines for PDF generation.

As a library, `lowdown(3)` exposes the parser and renderers used internally by `lowdown(1)` and `lowdown-diff(1)`. The language manual `lowdown(5)` documents Markdown features and extensions including autolinks, fenced code, tables, footnotes, smart typography, metadata, definition lists, task lists, admonitions, and templating.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

lowdown is significant to package people because it is a compact, portable Markdown engine in C with no runtime dependency chain and many output back ends. It sits naturally beside `mandoc`, `groff`, and static-site/documentation tools, and its library packages make it useful both as a CLI and as an embeddable renderer.

Chronologie

  • 2016: `kristapsdz/lowdown` repository created on GitHub.
  • 2020s: Version 2.0.0 adopts semantic versioning according to the official site.
  • 2026: Official site reports version 3.0.1 and repository metadata shows active maintenance.

Related projects

  • hoedown is the fork source named by lowdown's README.
  • mandoc, groff, LaTeX, Gemini, and OpenDocument are important output or workflow neighbors named in the official docs.
  • oconfigure is the portability/build framework linked from the official site.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
  • Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
  • Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

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exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
lowdowncliexécutable global
lowdown-diffcliexécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire3.1.1
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-07-20
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:lowdown
Version3.1.1
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquetshttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lowdown
Page d'accueilhttps://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown
Dépôthttps://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown
Docs amonthttps://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown
LicenceISC
Archive sourcehttps://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/snapshots/lowdown-3.1.1.tar.gz
Dernière mise à jour2026-07-20T04:31:13Z
Pulseupdated
Dépendances de compilationbmake
Bouteilledisponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrewnon défini
Serviceaucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelowdown
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

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Debian apt95%

liblowdown-dev 2.0.2-2

Simple markdown translator (development files)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apt install liblowdown-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 1 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liblowdown-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

liblowdown2 2.0.2-2

Simple markdown translator (shared library)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apt install liblowdown2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 3 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: liblowdown2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

lowdown 2.0.2-2

Simple markdown translator

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apt install lowdown
  • Section: text
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lowdown from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

lowdown

nix profile install nixpkgs#lowdown
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/lowdown/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

liblowdown-dev 1.1.0-1

Simple markdown translator (development files)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apt install liblowdown-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 1 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblowdown-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

liblowdown1 1.1.0-1

Simple markdown translator (shared library)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apt install liblowdown1
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 3 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblowdown1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

lowdown 1.1.0-1

Simple markdown translator

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apt install lowdown
  • Section: universe/text
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lowdown from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

lowdown 3.0.1-r0

Simple markdown translator

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apk add lowdown
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lowdown-dev 3.0.1-r0

Simple markdown translator (development files)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apk add lowdown-dev
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lowdown-doc 3.0.1-r0

Simple markdown translator (documentation)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apk add lowdown-doc
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lowdown-libs 3.0.1-r0

Simple markdown translator (libraries)

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo apk add lowdown-libs
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

lowdown 2.0.2-3.fc44

Simple markdown translator

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo dnf install lowdown
  • License: ISC AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 5 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

lowdown-devel 2.0.2-3.fc44

Simple markdown translator library header files

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo dnf install lowdown-devel
  • License: ISC AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 3 Dépendances
  • 2 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

lowdown-libs 2.0.2-3.fc44

Simple markdown translator library

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/

sudo dnf install lowdown-libs
  • License: ISC AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 4 Dépendances
  • 2 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

lowdown 3.0.1-1

A simple Markdown translator

https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown

sudo pacman -S lowdown
  • License: ISC
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: lowdown from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

liblowdown3 3.0.1-1.2

Simple markdown translator

https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown

sudo zypper install liblowdown3
  • License: ISC
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lowdown
  • 3 Dépendances
  • 2 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Lowdown
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: liblowdown3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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