Snekdown

More than just Markdown

Documentation | Releases

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Description

This projects goal is to implement a fast markdown parser with an extended syntax fitted for my needs.

Core Features

• Imports
• Bibliography & Glossary
• AsciiMath
• Placeholders
• Advanced Images

Prerequisites

• Google Chrome/Chromium (for PDF rendering)

Installation

Binaries

You can download prebuilt binaries on the Releases Page.

Arch Linux

Snekdown is available in the AUR.

Cargo

You need a working rust installation, for example by using rustup.

cargo install snekdown

With pdf rendering

cargo install snekdown --features pdf

Usage

Use snekdown help and snekdown <subcommand> --help for more information.

Rendering

snekdown render <input> <output>

Watching

snekdown watch <input> <output>

Editors

I've created a VisualStudio Code extension for Snekdown. This extension provides a preview of snekdown files, exports and other commands similar to the cli. The source code can be found here.

Roadmap

The end goal is to have a markup language with features similar to LaTeX.

Short Term

• Checkboxes
• Emojis (:emoji:)
• Colors
• Watching and rendering on change
• Metadata files
• Bibliography
• Math
• Glossary
• Chromium based pdf rendering
• Custom Stylesheets
• Smart arrows
• Cross References
• Figures
• EPUB Rendering
• Text sizes
• Title pages

Long Term

• Rewrite of the whole parsing process
• Custom Elements via templates

License

This project is licensed under GPL 3.0. See LICENSE for more information.