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react-markdown

React component to render markdown

4.2Updated 2026-11-041 min read

Key stats

Weekly Downloads
53,523,343
Dependent Packages
6,983
License
MIT
First Published
2015

What the data shows

There's no cost to use react-markdown at all — it's free, full stop.

react-markdown is solidly rated, scoring 4.2 out of 5 on our rating metric.

Over the period tracked, react-markdown has seen one of the faster-growing options tracked here, up roughly 1529% across 4 years.

across all 3 metrics tracked here, react-markdown outperforms the react ui libraries average.

react-markdown dates back to 2015, making it one of the more established names in react ui libraries.

Growth over time

1022.4M20222023202420252026

How react-markdown stacks up

Featurereact-markdownReact UI Libraries average
Weekly Downloads53,523,34340,448,238
Dependent Packages6,9832,739
Popularity score4.2 / 54.1 / 5

Strengths & watch-outs

Strengths

  • Comes out ahead on weekly downloads — 53,523,343 against a category average of 40,448,238.
  • Comes out ahead on dependent packages — 6,983 against a category average of 2,739.
  • Popularity score leads the category average: 4.2 / 5 vs. 4.1 / 5.
  • Free to use, with no paid tier required to get started.

Watch-outs

  • Growing fast enough that current figures may shift quickly — verify before relying on them.

Quick answers

Is react-markdown free to use?

Yes — react-markdown is free, with no paid tier required to get started.

Is react-markdown good? What's its rating?

react-markdown scores 4.2 out of 5 on our rating metric, versus a React UI Libraries category average of 4.1.

How many people use react-markdown?

react-markdown has roughly 53.5M users/stars tracked, compared to a category average of 40.4M.

When was react-markdown founded?

react-markdown was founded in 2015, making it 11 years old.

Is react-markdown growing?

Yes — usage is up roughly 1529% over the past 4 years.

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