MarkItUp!

markItUp!: Lightweight Markup Editor for Textareas

markItUp! is a lightweight JavaScript library that allows you to turn any textarea into a markup editor. It supports multiple markup languages including HTML, Textile, Wiki syntax, BBCode, and Markdown.

What is MarkItUp!?

markItUp! is a lightweight open source JavaScript library developed by Jay Salvat that allows you to turn any textarea into a markup editor. It supports several popular markup languages including HTML, Textile, Wiki syntax, BBCode, and Markdown.

Some key features of markItUp!:

• Lightweight codebase, less than 50KB minified and gzipped
• Easily convert plain text into rich text with markup
• Supports live preview as you type
• Comes with several ready-made skins for popular editors like Markdown, Textile, and BBCode
• Highly customizable with an API to create skins and add new markup parsers
• Active community behind continued development and support

markItUp! is a great choice if you want to add a simple yet powerful markup editor to your site or web app quickly without reinventing the wheel. As it requires jQuery, it's a straightforward addition for sites already using jQuery. The minimal codebase means it's fast loading and won't bloat your pages.

With robust documentation and an API to customize markItUp! to your needs, it's an easy markup editor to implement. The library is free to use under an MIT license.

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