# A look behind our decision to standardize on a single Markdown engine for GitHub Pages

DevFeed: [A look behind our decision to standardize on a single Markdown engine for GitHub Pages](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-look-behind-our-decision-to-standardize-on-a-single-markdown-engine-for-github-pages-69704.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/a-look-behind-our-decision-to-standardize-on-a-single-markdown-engine-for-github-pages/>)

Author: Ben Balter

Published: 2016-04-01T23:26:34Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [GitHub Pages](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-pages.md>), [Markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/markdown.md>), [static-site-generator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/static-site-generator.md>)

Tags: [authoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authoring.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [github-pages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-pages.md>), [markdown](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/markdown.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub Pages is dropping support for RDiscount, Redcarpet, and RedCloth in favor of kramdown. The article explains that the alternatives account for a small share of builds, while standardization reduces configuration complexity and aligns Markdown authoring across GitHub.

## Source excerpt

Two months ago, we announced that GitHub Pages is dropping support for the RDiscount, Redcarpet, and RedCloth (Textile) markup engines on May 1st. For the vast majority of users, this...