patitas 0.3.1
Modern Markdown parser for Python 3.14t — CommonMark compliant, free-threading ready, typed AST
Requires Python: >=3.14
Keywords: markdown, parser, commonmark, free-threading, ast, myst, directives

# ฅᨐฅ Patitas

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**The secure, typed Markdown parser for modern Python.**

```python
from patitas import Markdown

md = Markdown()
html = md("# Hello **World**")
```

---

## What is Patitas?

Patitas is a pure-Python Markdown parser that parses to a typed AST and renders to HTML. It's CommonMark 0.31.2 compliant, has zero runtime dependencies, and is built for Python 3.14+.

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## What it does

| Function | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `parse(source)` | Parse Markdown to typed AST |
| `parse_notebook(content, source_path?)` | Parse Jupyter .ipynb to (markdown, metadata) |
| `parse_incremental(new, prev, ...)` | Re-parse only the changed region (O(change)) |
| `render(doc)` | Render AST to HTML |
| `Markdown()` | All-in-one parser and renderer |

---

## What's good about it

- **ReDoS-proof** — O(n) finite state machine lexer, no regex backtracking. Safe for untrusted input in web apps and APIs.
- **Typed AST** — Frozen dataclasses (`Heading`, `Paragraph`, `Strong`, etc.) with IDE autocomplete and type checking.
- **CommonMark** — Full 0.31.2 spec compliance (652 examples).
- **Incremental parsing** — Re-parse only changed blocks; ~200x faster for small edits than full re-parse.
- **Thread-safe** — Zero shared mutable state. Parse in parallel under Python 3.14t free-threading.
- **Directives** — MyST-style blocks (admonition, dropdown, tabs) plus custom directives.
- **Plugins** — Tables, footnotes, math, strikethrough, task lists.
- **Zero dependencies** — Pure Python, stdlib only.

---

## Installation

```bash
pip install patitas
```

Requires Python 3.14+

**Optional extras:**

```bash
pip install patitas[syntax]      # Syntax highlighting via Rosettes
pip install patitas[all]         # All optional features
```

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## Quick Start

### Parse and render

```python
from patitas import parse, render

doc = parse("# Hello **World**")
html = render(doc)
# <h1 id="hello-world">Hello <strong>World</strong></h1>
```

### Notebook support

Parse Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) to Markdown content and metadata — zero dependencies, stdlib JSON only:

```python
from patitas import parse_notebook

with open("demo.ipynb") as f:
    content, metadata = parse_notebook(f.read(), "demo.ipynb")

# content: Markdown string (cells → fenced code, outputs → HTML)
# metadata: title, type, notebook{kernel_name, cell_count}, etc.
```

---

## Security

**Patitas is immune to ReDoS attacks.**

Traditional Markdown parsers use regex patterns vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking:

```python
# Malicious input that can freeze regex-based parsers
evil = "a](" + "\\)" * 10000

# Patitas: completes in milliseconds (O(n) guaranteed)
```

Patitas uses a hand-written finite state machine lexer:
- **Single character lookahead** — No backtracking, ever
- **Linear time guaranteed** — Processing time scales with input length
- **Safe for untrusted input** — Use in web apps, APIs, user-facing tools

[Learn more about Patitas security →](docs/security.md)

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## Performance

- **652 CommonMark examples** — ~26ms single-threaded
- **Incremental parsing** — For a 1-char edit in a ~100KB doc, `parse_incremental` is ~200x faster than full re-parse (~160µs vs ~32ms)
- **Parallel scaling** — ~2.5x speedup with 4 threads under Python 3.14t free-threading

```bash
# From repo (after uv sync --group dev):
python benchmarks/benchmark_vs_mistune.py
pytest benchmarks/benchmark_vs_mistune.py benchmarks/benchmark_incremental.py -v --benchmark-only
```

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## Usage

<details>
<summary><strong>Typed AST</strong> — IDE autocomplete, catch errors at dev time</summary>

```python
from patitas import parse
from patitas.nodes import Heading, Paragraph, Strong

doc = parse("# Hello **World**")
heading = doc.children[0]

# Full type safety
assert isinstance(heading, Heading)
assert heading.level == 1

# IDE knows the types!
for child in heading.children:
    if isinstance(child, Strong):
        print(f"Bold text: {child.children}")
```

All nodes are `@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)` — immutable and memory-efficient.

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Directives</strong> — MyST-style blocks</summary>

```markdown
:::{note}
This is a note admonition.
:::

:::{warning}
This is a warning.
:::

:::{dropdown} Click to expand
Hidden content here.
:::

:::{tab-set}

:::{tab-item} Python
Python code here.
:::

:::{tab-item} JavaScript
JavaScript code here.
:::

:::
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Custom Directives</strong> — Extend with your own</summary>

```python
from patitas import Markdown, create_registry_with_defaults
from patitas.directives.decorator import directive

# Define a custom directive with the @directive decorator
@directive("alert")
def render_alert(node, children: str, sb) -> None:
    sb.append(f'<div class="alert">{children}</div>')

# Extend defaults with your directive
builder = create_registry_with_defaults()  # Has admonition, dropdown, tabs
builder.register(render_alert())

# Use it
md = Markdown(directive_registry=builder.build())
html = md(":::{alert} This is important!\n:::")
```

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Syntax Highlighting</strong></summary>

With `pip install patitas[syntax]`:

```python
from patitas import Markdown

md = Markdown(highlight=True)

html = md("""
```python
def hello():
    print("Highlighted!")
```
""")
```

Uses [Rosettes](https://github.com/lbliii/rosettes) for O(n) highlighting.

</details>

<details>
<summary><strong>Free-Threading</strong> — Python 3.14t</summary>

```python
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from patitas import parse

documents = ["# Doc " + str(i) for i in range(1000)]

with ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
    # Safe to parse in parallel — no shared mutable state
    results = list(executor.map(parse, documents))
```

Patitas is designed for Python 3.14t's free-threading mode (PEP 703).

</details>

---

## Migrate from mistune

Same API — swap the import:

```python
from patitas import Markdown
md = Markdown()
html = md(source)
```

[Full migration guide →](docs/migrate-from-mistune.md)

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## The Bengal Ecosystem

A structured reactive stack — every layer written in pure Python for 3.14t free-threading.

| | | | |
|--:|---|---|---|
| **ᓚᘏᗢ** | [Bengal](https://github.com/lbliii/bengal) | Static site generator | [Docs](https://lbliii.github.io/bengal/) |
| **∿∿** | [Purr](https://github.com/lbliii/purr) | Content runtime | — |
| **⌁⌁** | [Chirp](https://github.com/lbliii/chirp) | Web framework | [Docs](https://lbliii.github.io/chirp/) |
| **=^..^=** | [Pounce](https://github.com/lbliii/pounce) | ASGI server | [Docs](https://lbliii.github.io/pounce/) |
| **)彡** | [Kida](https://github.com/lbliii/kida) | Template engine | [Docs](https://lbliii.github.io/kida/) |
| **ฅᨐฅ** | **Patitas** | Markdown parser ← You are here | [Docs](https://lbliii.github.io/patitas/) |
| **⌾⌾⌾** | [Rosettes](https://github.com/lbliii/rosettes) | Syntax highlighter | [Docs](https://lbliii.github.io/rosettes/) |

Python-native. Free-threading ready. No npm required.

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## Development

```bash
git clone https://github.com/lbliii/patitas.git
cd patitas
uv sync --group dev
pytest
```

**Run benchmarks** (after `uv sync --group dev`):

```bash
python benchmarks/benchmark_vs_mistune.py
```

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## License

MIT License — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.