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22nd October 2025

Research cmarkgfm-in-pyodide — By rewriting cmarkgfm's bindings from CFFI to the Python C API, the project successfully ported GitHub's cmark-gfm Markdown parser to Pyodide. The resulting wheel is fully functional, requires no further building, and supports all GitHub Flavored Markdown features with high performance, thanks to direct C code execution via WebAssembly.

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