Markdown HTML Renderer

Small, dependency-free Markdown-to-HTML converter originally built for the "Heimgeist" AI chat frontend. It focuses on predictable, chat-friendly rendering and ships with a matching CSS theme.

What it does

Removes <think>...</think> and <thinking>...</thinking> blocks.
Normalizes exotic spaces to regular spaces.
Supports headings (# to ####), horizontal rules, blockquotes, lists, GitHub-style tables, inline bold/italic/code, and fenced code blocks.
Escapes HTML outside fenced code blocks for safety.
Balances unfinished fenced code blocks for streaming output.
Converts newlines to <br> and normalizes spacing around block elements.
Adds a code-block header with language label and a copy button.
Sanitizes links to allow only http(s), mailto:, tel:, / and #.

Files

markdown.js — exports the renderer.
markdown-render.css — styles for the generated HTML.

Usage

import { markdownToHTML } from './markdown.js';

const markdown = `
# Title

Here is **bold**, *italic*, and \`inline code\`.

> Blockquote

1. One
2. Two

| Col A | Col B |
|:-----|------:|
| left | right |

\`\`\`js
console.log('hello');
\`\`\`
`;

const html = markdownToHTML(markdown);

// Example: render into the DOM
document.querySelector('#output').innerHTML = html;

Include the CSS and optionally wrap the output:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="markdown-render.css">
<div class="md-root" id="output"></div>

Copy button behavior

Each fenced code block includes a button with a URL-encoded payload:

<button data-copy-code="...">...</button>

You can wire it up like this:

document.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
  const button = event.target.closest('.md-codeblock__copy');
  if (!button) return;
  const raw = button.getAttribute('data-copy-code') || '';
  const code = decodeURIComponent(raw);
  navigator.clipboard.writeText(code);
});

Notes and limitations

This is a regex-based renderer, not a full Markdown parser.
Only fenced code blocks are supported (no indented code blocks).
Nested lists and advanced Markdown extensions are not parsed.
Link conversion is deliberately strict for safety.
The link-matching regex is tailored to the current implementation in markdown.js; if you need standard [label](url) parsing, adjust it there.

License

Unspecified. Add a license file if you plan to distribute this module.

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