Editing Lightweight markup language (section)

== Comparison of implementation features ==
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|+ Comparing implementations, especially output formats
! Language !! Implementations
! [[XHTML|X]][[HTML]] || [[ConTeXt|Con]]/[[LaTeX|La]][[TeX]] || [[PDF]] || [[DocBook]] || [[OpenDocument|ODF]] || [[EPUB]] || [[Microsoft Word|DOC]][[Microsoft Office Open XML|(X)]]
! {{abbr|LMLs|Lightweight Markup Languages}} || Other
! License
|-
! {{rh}} | [[AsciiDoc]]
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[JavaScript]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| {{yes|XHTML}} || {{yes|LaTeX}} || {{yes|PDF}} || {{yes|DocBook}} || {{yes|ODF}} || {{yes|EPUB}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || [[Man page]], etc.
| GNU GPL, MIT
|-
! {{rh}} | [[BBCode]]
| [[Perl]], [[PHP]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]
| {{yes|(X)HTML}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| [[Public Domain]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Creole (markup)|Creole]]
| [[PHP]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[JavaScript]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Converters |title=Converters |publisher=WikiCreole |access-date=2013-10-08}}</ref>
|colspan="9" {{varies|Depends on implementation}}
| [[CC BY-SA|CC_BY-SA 1.0]]
|-
! {{rh}} | Djot
| [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] (originally), [[JavaScript]], [[Prolog]], [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]]<ref name="djot" />
| {{yes|HTML}} || {{yes-No|LaTeX, ConTeXt}} || {{yes-No|PDF}} || {{yes-No|DocBook}} || {{yes-No|ODF}} || {{yes-No|EPUB}} || {{yes-No|RTF}}
| {{yes-No|MediaWiki, reST}} || Man page, S5 etc.
| MIT
|-
! {{rh}} rowspan=2| [[GitHub Flavored Markdown]]
| Haskell ([[Pandoc]])
| {{yes|HTML}} || {{yes|LaTeX, ConTeXt}} || {{yes|PDF}} || {{yes|DocBook}} || {{yes|ODF}} || {{yes|EPUB}} || {{yes|DOC}}
| [[AsciiDoc]], [[reStructuredText|reST]] || [[OPML]]
| GPL
|-
| [[Java (programming language)|Java]],<ref name="pegdown">[https://github.com/sirthias/pegdown pegdown]: A Java library for Markdown processing</ref> [[JavaScript]],<ref name="gfms">[https://github.com/ypocat/gfms gfms]: Github Flavored Markdown Server</ref><ref name="marked">[https://github.com/chjj/marked marked]: A full-featured markdown parser and compiler, written in JavaScript. Built for speed.</ref><ref name="node-gfm">[https://github.com/gagle/Node-GFM node-gfm]: GitHub flavored markdown to HTML converter</ref> [[PHP]],<ref name="parsedown">[http://parsedown.org/ Parsedown]: Markdown parser written in PHP</ref><ref name="ciconia">[https://github.com/kzykhys/Ciconia Ciconia]: Markdown parser written in PHP</ref> [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref name="grip">[https://github.com/joeyespo/grip Grip]: GitHub Readme Instant Preview</ref> [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]<ref name="github-markdown">[https://rubygems.org/gems/github-markdown github-markdown]: Self-contained Markdown parser for GitHub</ref>
| {{yes|HTML}}<ref name="gfms" /><ref name="marked" /><ref name="node-gfm" /><ref name="ciconia" /><ref name="grip" /> || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}  || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| Proprietary
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Markdown]]
| [[Perl]] (originally), [[C (programming language)|C]],<ref>[https://github.com/jgm/peg-markdown peg-markdown] is an implementation of [[markdown]] in [[C (programming language)|C]].</ref><ref>[http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/ Discount] is also an implementation of [[markdown]] in [[C (programming language)|C]].</ref> [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown |title=Python-Markdown |publisher=Github.com |access-date=2013-10-08}}</ref> [[JavaScript]], [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]],<ref name="pandoc" /> [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruce Williams |url=https://rubyforge.org/projects/kramdown/ |title=kramdown: Project Info |publisher=RubyForge |access-date=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807011316/http://rubyforge.org/projects/kramdown |archive-date=2013-08-07 }}</ref> [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[PHP]]
| {{yes|HTML}} || {{yes-No|LaTeX, ConTeXt}} || {{yes-No|PDF}} || {{yes-No|DocBook}} || {{yes-No|ODF}} || {{yes-No|EPUB}} || {{yes-No|[[Rich Text Format|RTF]]}}
| {{yes-No|[[MediaWiki#Markup|MediaWiki]], [[ReStructuredText|reST]]}} || [[Man page]], [[S5 (file format)|S5]] etc.
| BSD-style & GPL (both)
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Markdown Extra]]
| [[PHP]] (originally), [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]]
| {{yes|XHTML}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| BSD-style & GPL (both)
|-
! {{rh}} | [[MediaWiki#Markup|MediaWiki]]
| [[Perl]], [[PHP]], [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| {{yes|XHTML}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| GNU GPL
|-
! {{rh}} | [[MultiMarkdown]]
| [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Perl]]
| {{yes|(X)HTML}} || {{yes|LaTeX}} || {{no|PDF}} || {{no}} || {{yes|ODF}} || {{no}} || {{yes|DOC, RTF}}
| {{n/a}} || [[OPML]]
| [[GNU GPL|GPL]], [[MIT License|MIT]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Org-mode]]
| [[Emacs Lisp]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] (parser only), [[Perl]], [[OCaml]]
| {{yes|XHTML}} || {{yes|LaTeX}} || {{yes|PDF}} || {{yes|DocBook}} || {{yes|ODF}} ||  {{yes|EPUB}}<ref name="Via ox-pandoc and pandoc itself">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/kawabata/ox-pandoc#description |title=Via ox-pandoc and pandoc itself|website=[[GitHub]] }}</ref> || {{yes|DOCX}}<ref name="Via ox-pandoc and pandoc itself"/>
| Markdown || [[plain text|TXT]], [[XOXO (microformat)|XOXO]], [[iCalendar]], [[Texinfo]], [[Man page|man]], contrib: [[groff (software)|groff]], [[S5 (file format)|s5]], deck.js, Confluence Wiki Markup,<ref>{{cite web | last=Atlassian | title=Confluence 4.0 Editor - What's Changed for Wiki Markup Users (Confluence Wiki Markup is dead) | url=https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF40/Confluence+4+Editor+-+What%27s+Changed+for+Wiki+Markup+Users | access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref> [[TaskJuggler]], [[RSS]], [[FreeMind]]
| [[GPL]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[PmWiki]]
| [[PHP]]
| {{yes|XHTML 1.0 Transitional, HTML5}} || {{no}} || {{yes|PDF export addons}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes|EPUB export addon}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| GNU GPL
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Plain Old Documentation|POD]]
| [[Perl]]
| {{yes|(X)HTML, XML}} || {{yes|LaTeX}} || {{yes|PDF}} || {{yes|DocBook}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes|RTF}}
| {{n/a}} || [[Man page]], [[plain text]]
| [[Artistic License]], Perl's license
|-
! {{rh}} | [[reStructuredText]]
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref>[http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html Docutils] is an implementation of [[ReStructuredText]] in [[Python (programming language)|Python]]</ref><ref>[[Sphinx (documentation generator)|Sphinx]] is an implementation of [[ReStructuredText]] in [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html Docutils] with a number of output format  [http://sphinx.pocoo.org/latest/builders.html Builders]</ref> [[Pandoc|Haskell (Pandoc)]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]],
| {{yes|HTML, XML}} || {{yes|LaTeX}} || {{yes|PDF}} || {{yes|DocBook}} || {{yes|ODF}} || {{yes|EPUB}} || {{yes|DOC}}
| {{n/a}} || [[Man page|man]], [[S5 (file format)|S5]], [[Devhelp]], [[Qt (framework)|QT Help]], [[Microsoft Compiled HTML Help|CHM]], [[JSON]]
| [[Public Domain]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Textile (markup language)|Textile]]
| [[PHP]], [[JavaScript]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Active Server Pages|ASP]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]]
| {{yes|XHTML}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| Textile License
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Texy!]]
| [[PHP]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]] {{efn|group=texy|JTexy has full compatibility with ''Texy!'' 1.0 syntax and some compatibility with 2.0+.}}
| {{yes|(X)HTML}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| GNU GPL v2 License

|-
! {{rh}} | [[txt2tags]]
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Aurelio Jargas www.aurelio.net |url=http://txt2tags.org/ |title=txt2tags |publisher=txt2tags |date=2012-01-11 |access-date=2013-10-08}}</ref> [[PHP]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://txt2tags.org/txt2tags.form.php |title=txt2tags.class.php - online convertor &#91;sic&#93; |publisher=Txt2tags.org |access-date=2013-10-08}}</ref>
| {{yes|(X)HTML, SGML}} || {{yes|LaTeX}} || {{no|PDF}} || {{yes|DocBook}} || {{no|ODF}} || {{no|EPUB}} || {{no|DOC}} || [[Creole (markup)|Creole]], [[AsciiDoc]], [[MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki]], [[MoinMoin]], [[PmWiki]], [[DokuWiki]], [[Google Code|Google Code Wiki]] || [[roff (computer program)|roff]], [[Man page|man]], [[MagicPoint]], Lout, [[PageMaker]], [[ASCII Art]], [[plain text|TXT]]
| GPL
|}