Configurable Markdown Parser Options

Saturday, 05 July 2025 - ⧖ 4 min
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Marmite now supports configurable markdown parser options through the markdown_parser section in your marmite.yaml configuration file. This allows you to customize how your markdown content is processed and rendered.

Configuration Structure

Add a markdown_parser section to your marmite.yaml file with the following structure:

markdown_parser:
  render:
    unsafe: true                    # Allow/disallow unsafe HTML (default: true)
    ignore_empty_links: true        # Ignore empty link references (default: true)
    figure_with_caption: true       # Wrap images in figure tags (default: true)
  parse:
    relaxed_tasklist_matching: true # Allow relaxed task list syntax (default: true)
  extension:
    tagfilter: false               # Enable/disable tag filtering (default: false)
    strikethrough: true            # Enable/disable ~~strikethrough~~ (default: true)
    table: true                    # Enable/disable table support (default: true)
    autolink: true                 # Enable/disable automatic link detection (default: true)
    tasklist: true                 # Enable/disable task lists (default: true)
    footnotes: true                # Enable/disable footnote support (default: true)
    description_lists: true        # Enable/disable description lists (default: true)
    multiline_block_quotes: true   # Enable/disable multiline block quotes (default: true)
    underline: true                # Enable/disable __underline__ syntax (default: true)
    spoiler: true                  # Enable/disable spoiler text (default: true)
    greentext: true                # Enable/disable greentext (default: true)
    shortcodes: true               # Enable/disable shortcodes (default: true)
    wikilinks_title_before_pipe: true # Wiki-style links with title before pipe (default: true)
    wikilinks_title_after_pipe: false # Wiki-style links with title after pipe (default: false)
    alerts: true                   # Enable/disable alert blocks (default: true)

Security Considerations

The unsafe option controls whether raw HTML is allowed in your markdown content:

  • unsafe: true (default) - Allows all HTML tags, including <script> and other potentially dangerous elements
  • unsafe: false - Escapes all HTML tags for security, rendering them as text

For public sites or when processing untrusted content, consider setting unsafe: false.

Extension Options

Strikethrough

strikethrough: true  # ~~text~~ → <del>text</del>
strikethrough: false # ~~text~~ → ~~text~~

Underline

underline: true  # __text__ → <u>text</u>
underline: false # __text__ → <strong>text</strong>

Tables

table: true # Enables GitHub-style table syntax

Task Lists

tasklist: true # Enables - [x] checked and - [ ] unchecked syntax

Footnotes

footnotes: true # Enables footnote syntax with [^1] references

Partial Configuration

You only need to specify the options you want to change from the defaults. For example, to disable unsafe HTML and strikethrough:

markdown_parser:
  render:
    unsafe: false
  extension:
    strikethrough: false

All other options will use their default values.

Backward Compatibility

If no markdown_parser section is specified in your configuration, Marmite will use the same default settings as before, ensuring backward compatibility with existing sites.

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