⚠️ Important: this comparison hasn’t been updated in years.
This table documents the similarity and difference between markdownlint rules and remark-lint’s rules.
| markdownlint | remark | note |
|---|---|---|
| MD001 | heading-increment | - |
| MD002 | first-heading-level | - |
| MD003 | heading-style | - |
| MD004 | unordered-list-marker-style | - |
| MD005 | - | mixture of list-item-indent, list-item-bullet-indent, and list-item-content-indent |
| MD006 | list-item-bullet-indent | - |
| MD007 | list-item-bullet-indent | - |
| MD009 | - | Partially by hard-break-spaces |
| MD010 | no-tabs | - |
| MD011 | no-shortcut-reference-link | Although a different message, this will lead you in the right direction |
| MD012 | no-consecutive-blank-lines | - |
| MD013 | maximum-line-length | - |
| MD014 | no-shell-dollars | - |
| MD018 | no-heading-content-indent | Only works in pedantic mode |
| MD019 | no-heading-content-indent | - |
| MD020 | no-heading-content-indent | Only works in pedantic mode |
| MD021 | no-heading-content-indent | - |
| MD022 | no-missing-blank-lines | - |
| MD023 | no-heading-indent | - |
| MD024 | no-duplicate-headings | - |
| MD025 | no-multiple-toplevel-headings | - |
| MD026 | no-heading-punctuation | - |
| MD027 | blockquote-indentation | Won’t warn when that’s your preferred, consistent style |
| MD028 | no-blockquote-without-marker | - |
| MD029 | ordered-list-marker-value | markdownlint defaults to one, whereas remark-lint defaults to ordered |
| MD030 | list-item-indent | - |
| MD031 | no-missing-blank-lines | - |
| MD032 | no-missing-blank-lines | - |
| MD033 | no-html | - |
| MD034 | no-literal-urls | - |
| MD035 | rule-style | - |
| MD036 | no-emphasis-as-heading | remark-lint only warns when the emphasis is followed by a colon, but that might change. |
| MD040 | fenced-code-flag | - |