Command-line tool

cmark

brew/cmark

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Strongly specified, highly compatible implementation of Markdown

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install cmark

Linux

brew install cmark

Render a CommonMark Markdown file to HTML

cmark --to html filename.md

Convert data from `stdin` to LaTeX

cmark --to latex

Convert straight quotes to smart quotes

cmark --smart --to html filename.md

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• Converting to Markdown

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