smart-markdown

Parse and render Markdown to ANSI-styled terminal output with live in-place refresh.

Features

• Full CommonMark — headings, paragraphs, code blocks, blockquotes, lists, tables, horizontal rules
• GFM extensions — tables, task lists, strikethrough, autolinks
• Inline formatting — bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, links, images
• Unicode heading prefixes — ◆ ● ▼ ▾ ▿ · per level
• Syntax highlighting — optional via syntax-highlight feature (7 bundled themes)
• Terminal-aware — auto-detects width, wraps text, uses ANSI escape sequences
• Live streaming — in-place re-render for dashboards and pipelines
• Reference links, backslash escapes, indented code blocks, HTML blocks, nested lists
• Extras — highlight (==text==), sub/superscript, math ($...$), emoji shortcodes (:rocket:), footnotes, definition lists

Quick start

use smart_markdown::Markdown;

let mut md = Markdown::parse("# Hello\n\n**Bold** and *italic*\n");
md.render();

Streaming example

use smart_markdown::Markdown;

let mut md = Markdown::parse(
    "## Build\n\n| Task | Status |\n|------|--------|\n| compile | pending |\n"
);
md.render();

// Update cells and re-render in place
md.set_cell_content(0, 1, "done");
md.append_to_cell(0, 1, " (1.2s)");
md.render();

Run the examples:

cargo run --example simple      # All features demo
cargo run --example streaming   # Live dashboard demo

Markdown support

Block elements

Inline elements

Options

Markdown::parse(text)
    .theme_mode(ThemeMode::Dark)   // Auto, Dark, or Light
    .code_theme("base16-ocean")    // Custom syntax theme
    .render();

License

Apache-2.0