# What markdown parser Discourse is using?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-markdown-parser-discourse-is-using/41938
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [2 april 2016 om 15:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-markdown-parser-discourse-is-using/41938 "2016-04-02T15:44:14Z")
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### Author: ![fantasticfears](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fantasticfears/32/119608_2.png) [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)
#### Post date: [2 april 2016 om 15:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-markdown-parser-discourse-is-using/41938/2 "2016-04-02T15:54:04Z")

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Markdown.js

Most likely, it will be replaced by markdown-it for the next release.

> [@Discourse Version 1.6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-1-6/36402):
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> Focuswhite_check_mark Three new bronze badges, for first use of emoji, first @name mention, first onebox white_check_mark add more stats on user summary page (most liked by, top links, etc) white_check_mark Convert header to vdom approach for speed (currently 100ms of 400ms topic load time is header) white_check_mark set global sanity limit on PM and topic lengths with two settings white_check_mark bootstrap mode for newly installed sites where TL1 is default and dail…

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