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Flutter-powered AI app builder A head-to-head of two Text Processing packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
markdown leads on usage with about 6.5x the daily downloads of html_unescape (77,348 vs 11,943 per day). markdown has the larger GitHub following (110 vs 41 stars).
🇨🇿 filiph.net · v2.0.0
A small library for un-escaping HTML. Supports all Named Character References, Decimal Character References and Hexadecimal Character References.
🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev · v7.3.1
A portable Markdown library written in Dart that can parse Markdown into HTML.
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| Metric | html_unescape | markdown |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 11,943 | 77,348 |
| Rank in Text Processing | #7 | #3 |
| GitHub stars | 41 | 110 |
| Likes | 181 | 364 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 160 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | — | 4 days |
| Contributors | 5 | 99 |
| Last commit | 5 years ago | today |
| CI | No | Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause |
| First published | 10 years ago | 13 years ago |
| Platforms | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.