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Life & fun · June 17, 2023

Ruby gem for parsing Mermaid syntax, an extension of kramdown

Hi HN, I've just made a ruby gem for parsing Mermaid syntax, and it's an extension of kramdown parser. I'd love to get feedbacks and or problems you encounter.

Ruby gem for parsing Mermaid syntax, an extension of kramdown launched on June 17, 2023 with 6 votes, #1,856 of 4,655 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

Markdown parser for mermaid.js. An extended Kramdown syntax - 38tter/kramdown-mermaid

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