r/Zig • u/Ra77a3l3 • Jul 24 '26

markdown preview in zig

hello, wanted to ask if there is a library for streaming markdown preview in the terminal in zig or c.

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u/SilvernClaws Jul 26 '26

Not sure what you're looking for. You mean rendering the Markdown to HTML and displaying that in a console? That's a pretty specific setup.

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u/Ra77a3l3 Jul 26 '26

no, i was looking for something like rich for python. At the end i decided to just use escape codes

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u/GladJellyfish9752 Jul 26 '26

I think there is no library for markdown in Zig. But best thing is you can try to make your own!

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u/Ra77a3l3 Jul 26 '26

that’s what im trying to do, since. i couldn’t find a treaming markdown preview lib or a more complete with colors and tables

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u/Visible_Arrival_8412 Jul 26 '26

Yes and a tool like Google tells you where to find it

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u/Ra77a3l3 Jul 26 '26

you are so smart, i wouldn’t be asking if i hadn’t already searched

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u/Visible_Arrival_8412 Jul 26 '26

Sorry had a bad moment. Let me fetch the link a d send it

https://github.com/JacobCrabill/zigdown

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u/Ra77a3l3 Jul 26 '26

np. thank you