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Comparison

CommonMark vs GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)

Pick CommonMark when

  • Developers embedding Markdown rendering in apps
  • Docs and API platforms needing one consistent parser
  • Teams standardizing Markdown across tools

When CommonMark is not a fit

  • Non-technical teams wanting a writing app
  • Anyone needing tables or footnotes out of the box
  • Buyers expecting vendor support or SLAs
  • Apps that can't sanitize HTML output

Sources

  1. official
  2. CommonMark Specspec.commonmark.org
    official
  3. official
  4. news
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  6. review
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  8. security
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