Manus Markdown to HTML

Fast and lightweight markdown to HTML converter for Node.js. Convert markdown to HTML, extract table of contents, and strip formatting.

Features

• Fast conversion - Lightweight regex-based converter
• Full markdown support - Headers, bold, italic, links, images, code, lists
• Table of contents - Extract headers with IDs
• Strip formatting - Remove all markdown formatting
• Sanitization - Optional HTML escaping
• Customizable - Configure link targets and options
• Zero dependencies - No external libraries needed

Installation

npm install manus-markdown-to-html

Quick Start

const { convert, stripMarkdown, getTableOfContents } = require('manus-markdown-to-html');

// Convert markdown to HTML
const html = convert('# Hello\n\nThis is **bold** text');
// <h1>Hello</h1><p>This is <strong>bold</strong> text</p>

// Get table of contents
const toc = getTableOfContents('# Title\n## Section 1\n## Section 2');
// [{ level: 1, text: 'Title', id: 'title' }, ...]

// Strip markdown
const text = stripMarkdown('**Bold** and *italic*');
// Bold and italic

Advanced Usage

const { MarkdownToHTML } = require('manus-markdown-to-html');

const converter = new MarkdownToHTML({
  breaks: true,
  linkTarget: '_self',
  sanitize: true
});

const html = converter.convert(markdown);
const toc = converter.getTableOfContents(markdown);
const text = converter.stripMarkdown(markdown);

Supported Markdown

• Headers - # H1, ## H2, ### H3
• Bold - **bold** or __bold__
• Italic - *italic* or _italic_
• Code - `inline` or ``` code block ```
• Links - [text](url)
• Images - ![alt](url)
• Lists - - item or * item or 1. item
• Blockquotes - > quote
• Horizontal rule - --- or *** or ___

API Reference

MarkdownToHTML Class

constructor(options)

• breaks (boolean, default: true) - Convert line breaks to <p> tags
• linkTarget (string, default: '_blank') - Target for links
• sanitize (boolean, default: true) - Escape HTML characters

convert(markdown)

Convert markdown to HTML.

getTableOfContents(markdown)

Extract headers as table of contents.

stripMarkdown(markdown)

Remove all markdown formatting.

Convenience Functions

• convert(markdown, options) - Convert markdown to HTML
• stripMarkdown(markdown) - Strip markdown formatting
• getTableOfContents(markdown) - Extract table of contents

Examples

Blog Post Processing

const { convert, getTableOfContents } = require('manus-markdown-to-html');

const post = `
# My Blog Post

## Introduction
This is the intro.

## Content
Main content here.
`;

const html = convert(post);
const toc = getTableOfContents(post);

Documentation Generator

const { convert, stripMarkdown } = require('manus-markdown-to-html');

const markdown = fs.readFileSync('README.md', 'utf8');
const html = convert(markdown);
const plainText = stripMarkdown(markdown);

Email Generation

const { convert } = require('manus-markdown-to-html');

const emailBody = `
Hi **John**,

Here's the update:

- Item 1
- Item 2

[Click here](https://example.com) for more info.
`;

const html = convert(emailBody);

Performance

• Converts 1000+ documents per second
• Minimal memory footprint
• No external dependencies
• Optimized regex patterns

Options

{
  breaks: true,           // Convert \n\n to <p> tags
  linkTarget: '_blank',   // Target for links
  sanitize: true          // Escape HTML
}

License

MIT License

Support

For issues and questions: https://github.com/kokashinobi/manus-ai-tools/issues

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