macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install markdownlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install markdown with Homebrew, apk, apt, zypper
Text-to-HTML conversion tool. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add markdownAlpine Linux edge package indexes · markdown · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install markdownDebian stable package indexes · markdown · source: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install MultiMarkdown-6openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · MultiMarkdown-6 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Text-to-HTML conversion tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- markdown
history
Project history and usage
Markdown is John Gruber's original text-to-HTML conversion tool and the reference distribution for the Markdown plain-text formatting syntax.
Project history
The official Daring Fireball page presents Markdown as two things: a plain-text formatting syntax and a Perl software tool that converts that text to HTML. It describes the design goal as making source text readable enough to publish as plain text, with plain-text email named as the largest influence.
The downloadable Markdown 1.0.1 release is dated 17 December 2004. The original tool targeted the weblog tooling of its era, with installation instructions for Movable Type, Blosxom, and BBEdit, and required Perl 5.6.0 or later.
Adoption history
Markdown's adoption outgrew the original Perl script and became a durable interchange format for README files, static-site content, issue trackers, package registries, documentation generators, and editor tooling. In this Homebrew package, the shipped executable preserves the original conversion-tool lineage rather than the many later Markdown implementations.
The supplied package facts show distro packaging in Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, and openSUSE-family packaging via MultiMarkdown, reflecting how the original syntax and tool became part of Unix-like documentation workflows.
How it is used
The original use case is to write readable plain text and convert it to structurally valid HTML. The Daring Fireball page documents weblog integration, text-filter usage in BBEdit, an online Dingus for trying the syntax, and a configuration switch for XHTML-style versus HTML-style empty tags.
Why package nerds care
This package is historically important because it is the source of the Markdown name and reference syntax, not merely one parser among many. Package nerds care about it as a small Perl-era CLI whose influence is vastly larger than its code size.
Timeline
- 2004: Markdown 1.0.1 download dated 17 December 2004 on the official project page.
- 2004: Official documentation describes Markdown as both syntax and a Perl text-to-HTML tool.
- 2026: Supplied package facts show continuing packaging in Homebrew and several Linux distributions.
Related projects
- The official page references SmartyPants as an optional pairing for typographic punctuation in Movable Type.
- The package ecosystem later produced many related implementations and descendants, but this Homebrew formula tracks the original Daring Fireball Markdown tool.
Sources
- https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
- https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
- source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
markdown | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.0.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:markdown |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/markdown |
| Homepage | https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ |
| Upstream docs | https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://daringfireball.net/projects/downloads/Markdown_1.0.1.zip |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | markdown |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Conflicts With |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
markdown 1.0.1-14
Text-to-HTML conversion tool
https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
sudo apt install markdown- Section: web
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Markdown
Ubuntu apt95%
markdown 1.0.1-12
Text-to-HTML conversion tool
http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
sudo apt install markdown- Section: universe/web
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Markdown
apk95%
markdown 1.0.1-r3
Text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers
https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
sudo apk add markdown- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: markdown
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Markdown
apk95%
markdown-doc 1.0.1-r3
Text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers (documentation)
https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
sudo apk add markdown-doc- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: markdown
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Markdown
zypper95%
MultiMarkdown-6 6.7.0-1.8
Reference implementation of MultiMarkdown
https://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown
sudo zypper install MultiMarkdown-6- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: MultiMarkdown-6
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Markdown
zypper95%
discount 3.0.1.2-2.2
Markdown text to HTML converter
https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/
sudo zypper install discount- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Category: Productivity/Text/Convertors
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: discount
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Markdown
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment