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- what is the use case of this application? Who may need it?by Igor_Wiwi
- Probably easier to think of it more as a fast, native-backed library for a JS runtime like Node to build Markdown processors/pipelines or even just do parsing. (Though it does have a WASM build for browser/edge use.)by petercooper
- Processing markdown into html is a significant task for many blogs, sites, and apps. Satteri moves that processing into rust for speed gains.
Now used in Astro 7: https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/#markdown--mdx-in-rust
by toddmorey - It almost feels like a parody...?by timbits98
- Hello, I'm the maintainer of this. Let me know if you people have any questions / comments :)by Princesseuh
- For those wondering, this is now the default markdown processor in Astro 7: https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/#markdown--mdx-in-rustby blopker