CDMarkdownKit

A pure-Swift, zero-dependency framework for parsing Markdown text into styled NSAttributedString.

• Parse Markdown to styled NSAttributedString
• Support for bold, italic, strikethrough, headers, lists, ordered lists, task lists, quotes, horizontal rules, code blocks
• Tables with column alignment (GFM-style)
• Reference-style links ([text][ref] + [ref]: url definitions)
• Clickable links and automatic URL detection
• Image rendering (iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS)
• Async image loading with async/await
• Custom Markdown elements
• CDMarkdownTheme for one-call parser styling
• Custom attribute keys: .cdMarkdownCodeLanguage, .cdMarkdownLinkTitle
• UILabel and UITextView subclasses with Markdown support
• macOS UI components (NSTextView, NSLabel subclasses)
• SwiftUI support via CDMarkdownText and CDMarkdownView
• Swift 6 concurrency safety

import CDMarkdownKit

let parser = CDMarkdownParser()
let markdown = "# Hello **World**\n\nThis is *italic* text."
let attributedString = await parser.parse(markdown)
label.attributedText = attributedString

Note: CocoaPods support was removed in v4.2.0 ahead of CocoaPods Trunk going read-only on 2026-12-02. The last version published via CocoaPods was 4.1.0. If you're installing via CocoaPods, switch to Swift Package Manager below — already-installed versions will keep resolving, but the pod will no longer receive updates.

Add to your Package.swift:

.package(url: "https://github.com/chrisdhaan/CDMarkdownKit.git", from: "4.0.0")

Or in Xcode: File → Add Packages and enter the repository URL.

For comprehensive usage documentation including styling, custom elements, and platform-specific information, see Documentation/Usage.md.

We welcome contributions! Before contributing to CDMarkdownKit, please read the detailed instructions in our contribution guide. We maintain high standards for code quality and test coverage, and we're happy to help you get your changes integrated.

CDMarkdownKit is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.