0.1.0

Initial release of Patitas

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Released: 2026-01-09

Initial release of Patitas, extracted from Bengal.

Highlights

  • 🎉 First standalone release — Patitas is now a separate package
  • ⚡ State-machine lexer — O(n) guaranteed, no ReDoS
  • ✅ CommonMark 0.31.2 — Full specification compliance
  • 🧵 Free-threading ready — Python 3.14t compatible
  • 📦 Zero dependencies — Pure Python core

Features

Core Parser

  • State-machine lexer with O(n) complexity
  • Typed AST with frozen dataclasses
  • Full CommonMark 0.31.2 compliance (652 tests)

Renderer

  • HTML renderer with StringBuilder
  • Zero-copy text extraction
  • Pluggable syntax highlighter
  • Pluggable icon resolver

Directives (Optional)

  • MyST-style directive syntax
  • Admonition directive
  • Container directive
  • Dropdown directive
  • Tab set and tab item directives
  • Directive contracts for nesting validation

API

  • parse()— Parse Markdown to AST
  • render()— Render AST to HTML
  • Markdown— All-in-one processor

Installation

pip install patitas
pip install patitas[directives]  # With directives
pip install patitas[syntax]      # With syntax highlighting

Breaking Changes

None — this is the initial release.

Known Issues

None reported.

Credits

Extracted from Bengal static site generator.