# 使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper 安装 lowdown 查看 lowdown 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。 ## 安装 ```sh sudo av install brew:lowdown ``` 其他安装命令: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lowdown ``` 证据: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install lowdown ``` 证据: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/lowdown/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add lowdown ``` 证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install lowdown ``` 证据: Debian stable package indexes: lowdown from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install lowdown ``` 证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#lowdown ``` 证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/lowdown/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S lowdown ``` 证据: Arch Linux sync databases: lowdown from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install lowdown ``` 证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lowdown from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## 软件包事实 - **软件包键:** brew:lowdown - **软件包管理器:** Homebrew - **版本:** 3.1.1 - **来源摘要:** Simple markdown translator - **主页:** - **仓库:** - **最后更新:** 2026-07-20T04:31:13Z - **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## 可执行文件 - lowdown (别名) - lowdown-diff (别名) ## 安装行为 - Bottle: 不可用 ## 版本和新鲜度 - 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03 - 管理器版本: 3.1.1 ## 项目历史与用法 lowdown is Kristaps Dzonsons' dependency-free C Markdown translator. It converts Markdown into HTML5, roff formats, LaTeX, Gemini text, OpenDocument, and ANSI/UTF-8 terminal output, and it also exposes a C library API. ### 项目历史 The official GitHub README states that lowdown is a fork of hoedown, but that its parser and front ends have changed significantly. The official project site describes it as a BSD.lv text-processing project and points to the GitHub repository for development, while directing stable releases, documentation, and general information to kristaps.bsd.lv. A key design point in the official site is that lowdown internally converts Markdown to an AST rather than directly formatting output. That architecture supports semantic analysis such as the `lowdown-diff` Markdown tree differ, and it helps explain why the project grew beyond a simple one-format Markdown renderer. ### 采用历史 The official site advises users to check their system package manager before building from source, and the batch input records packaging across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian/Ubuntu development packages, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE. That broad packaging fits lowdown's profile as a small C tool and library useful in Unix documentation pipelines. The repository was created on GitHub in 2016. The project site reports version 3.0.1 and says lowdown has no dependencies, with portability across OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Linux with glibc and musl, Solaris, and Illumos through `oconfigure`. ### 使用方式 As a CLI, `lowdown` can render Markdown to terminal output for quick review, standalone HTML5, roff `ms` or `man` output for PDF/manpage workflows, LaTeX, OpenDocument, Gemini text, and more. The site gives examples such as `lowdown -t term README.md | less -R`, `lowdown -s -o README.html README.md`, and roff/LaTeX pipelines for PDF generation. As a library, `lowdown(3)` exposes the parser and renderers used internally by `lowdown(1)` and `lowdown-diff(1)`. The language manual `lowdown(5)` documents Markdown features and extensions including autolinks, fenced code, tables, footnotes, smart typography, metadata, definition lists, task lists, admonitions, and templating. ### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心 lowdown is significant to package people because it is a compact, portable Markdown engine in C with no runtime dependency chain and many output back ends. It sits naturally beside `mandoc`, `groff`, and static-site/documentation tools, and its library packages make it useful both as a CLI and as an embeddable renderer. ### 时间线 - 2016: `kristapsdz/lowdown` repository created on GitHub. - 2020s: Version 2.0.0 adopts semantic versioning according to the official site. - 2026: Official site reports version 3.0.1 and repository metadata shows active maintenance. ### Related projects - hoedown is the fork source named by lowdown's README. - mandoc, groff, LaTeX, Gemini, and OpenDocument are important output or workflow neighbors named in the official docs. - oconfigure is the portability/build framework linked from the official site. ### 来源 - - - - - - - source_facts.package-manager-url ## 安全说明 narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低 - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 其他软件包管理器记录 - Debian apt - liblowdown-dev - 2.0.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblowdown-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple markdown translator (development files) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - Debian apt - liblowdown2 - 2.0.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblowdown2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple markdown translator (shared library) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - Debian apt - lowdown - 2.0.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lowdown from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple markdown translator | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - Nix - lowdown: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lo/lowdown/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - liblowdown-dev - 1.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblowdown-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple markdown translator (development files) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - Ubuntu apt - liblowdown1 - 1.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblowdown1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple markdown translator (shared library) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - Ubuntu apt - lowdown - 1.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lowdown from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple markdown translator | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - apk - lowdown - 3.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple markdown translator | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - apk - lowdown-dev - 3.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple markdown translator (development files) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - apk - lowdown-doc - 3.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple markdown translator (documentation) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - apk - lowdown-libs - 3.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lowdown-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple markdown translator (libraries) | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - dnf - lowdown - 2.0.2-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Simple markdown translator | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - dnf - lowdown-devel - 2.0.2-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Simple markdown translator library header files | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - dnf - lowdown-libs - 2.0.2-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lowdown-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Simple markdown translator library | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/ - pacman - lowdown - 3.1.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: lowdown from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A simple Markdown translator | https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown - zypper - liblowdown4 - 3.1.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: liblowdown4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Simple markdown translator | https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lowdown.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lowdown.yml) ## 来源 - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph