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A Python 2 and 3 binding for [Sundown][], a really fast [Markdown][] parser
implemented in C. Misaka is written in [Cython][] and C. And it features a set
of Markdown extensions and customizable renderers. Just like the Sundown binding
for Ruby, [Redcarpet][].

  [Sundown]: https://github.com/tanoku/sundown
  [Markdown]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
  [Cython]: http://cython.org/
  [Redcarpet]: https://github.com/tanoku/redcarpet


Projects that use Misaka:

 - [Jasy](https://github.com/zynga/jasy)
 - [mynt](https://github.com/Anomareh/mynt)
 - [Composer](https://github.com/shazow/composer)
 - [Socrates](https://github.com/honza/socrates)
