# Install discount with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper C implementation of Markdown. Version 3.0.1.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:discount ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install discount ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install discount ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/discount/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add discount ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: discount from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install discount ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: discount from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install discount ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: discount from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#discount ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/discount/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S discount ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: discount from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install discount ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: discount from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:discount - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.0.1.3 - **Source summary:** C implementation of Markdown - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:34:39Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - makepage (cli) - mkd2html (cli) - theme (cli) - makepage (alias) - mkd2html (alias) - theme (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.0.1.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Discount is Jessica L. Parsons' C implementation of John Gruber's Markdown markup language. ### Project history The official site describes Discount as a C implementation of Markdown, positioned against the many scripting-language Markdown implementations of its era. It provides a library, command-line programs, examples, and extensions such as smartypants-style substitutions and extra list syntax. ### Adoption history Discount became useful to package collections because it offered Markdown as a small C library and CLI rather than only as a script. The official site continues to ship release tarballs, including the 3.0 series and maintained 2.2 series. ### How it is used The command-line documentation describes a markdown program that reads Markdown and writes HTML or a parse-tree outline. The API documentation makes it useful for embedding Markdown conversion in C programs, while the command-line tools fit scripting and static-site workflows. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about Discount because it is a native-code Markdown implementation with a stable tarball culture, command-line tooling, and library API: exactly the sort of small C dependency that shows up in Unix packaging graphs. ### Timeline - 2010: GitHub repository created. - 2025: Command-line documentation generated for the 3.0 series. - 2026: Discount 3.0.1.3 released. ### Related projects - The official site roots Discount in John Gruber's Markdown and notes behavior related to Smartypants and Markdown Extra-style syntax. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** discount - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** markdown, multimarkdown - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - discount - 2.2.7-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: discount from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | implementation of the Markdown markup language in C | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - Debian apt - libmarkdown2 - 2.2.7-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmarkdown2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | implementation of the Markdown markup language in C (library) | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - Debian apt - libmarkdown2-dev - 2.2.7-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmarkdown2-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | implementation of the Markdown markup language in C (dev files) | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - Nix - discount: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/discount/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - discount - 2.2.7-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: discount from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | implementation of the Markdown markup language in C | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - Ubuntu apt - libmarkdown2 - 2.2.7-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmarkdown2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | implementation of the Markdown markup language in C (library) | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - Ubuntu apt - libmarkdown2-dev - 2.2.7-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmarkdown2-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | implementation of the Markdown markup language in C (dev files) | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - apk - discount - 3.0.1.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: discount from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Markdown to HTML translator written in C | https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - apk - discount-dev - 3.0.1.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: discount-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Markdown to HTML translator written in C (development files) | https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - apk - discount-doc - 3.0.1.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: discount-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Markdown to HTML translator written in C (documentation) | https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - apk - discount-libs - 3.0.1.2-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: discount-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Markdown to HTML translator written in C (libraries) | https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - dnf - discount - 2.2.7-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: discount from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A command-line utility for converting Markdown files into HTML | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount - dnf - libmarkdown - 2.2.7-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libmarkdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A fast implementation of the Markdown language in C | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount - dnf - libmarkdown-devel - 2.2.7-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libmarkdown-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development headers for the libmarkdown library | http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount - pacman - discount - 3.0.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: discount from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A Markdown implementation written in C | https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ - zypper - discount - 3.0.1.2-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: discount from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Markdown text to HTML converter | https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [pdfpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pdfpc/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup. - [pandoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pandoc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup. - [hoedown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hoedown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, markdown, markup. - [html-xml-utils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html-xml-utils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [html2markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html2markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markdown, markup. - [python-markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, markup. - [xmq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xmq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, html, markup. - [comrak](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/comrak/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, markup. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/discount.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/discount.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph