Features

Feature tables and comparisons with other similar projects. Listed features correspond to the latest versions of these programs.

Key	Meaning
✓	implemented
/	partial support
✘	not implemented
?	unknown
P	feature planned

Note

These feature tables might not be up to date or accurate! Do your own research. If you find a mistake you are welcome to open an issue or pull request.

Inputs and outputs

Feature	md-toc	github-markdown-toc	markdown-toc	remark-toc	markdown-it-table-of-contents	gfm-toc	md-toc-creator	mdformat-toc	git-toc	markdown-github-bear-toc	mdtoc	markdown-toc-cli	toc2md	github-markdown-toc.go	markdown-toc-generator	make-toc.sh	markdown-toc-bash	md_toc
Indented & non-indented list	✓	✘	✘	?	✘	✘	✓	?	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Ordered & unordered list	✓	✘	✘	✓	✓	✘	✘	?	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Anchor links & plain text list	✓	✘	✘	?	?	✘	✓	✓	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Reads from stdin	✓	✓	✓	?	?	✘	?	✘	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Inplace & stdout	✓	✓	✓	?	?	✓	✓	✘	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Non-markdown output	P	✘	✓	?	✓	✘	✘	?	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
List marker selection	✓	✘	✓	?	?	✘	?	?	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Newline marker selection	✓	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Universal anchor links	✘	?	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✓	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Last TOC update string	✘	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Remove TOC marker after inserting TOC inplace	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Detect differences between existing TOC in file and newly generated one	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Filtering

Feature	md-toc	github-markdown-toc	markdown-toc	remark-toc	markdown-it-table-of-contents	gfm-toc	md-toc-creator	mdformat-toc	git-toc	markdown-github-bear-toc	mdtoc	markdown-toc-cli	toc2md	github-markdown-toc.go	markdown-toc-generator	make-toc.sh	markdown-toc-bash	md_toc
Max header level in TOC	✓	✘	?	✓	✓	✘	✘	✓	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Min header level in TOC	✘	✘	✘	✘	✓	✘	✘	✓	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Skip first n lines	✓	✘	?	?	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Include headings regex pattern	✘	✘	?	✓	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Skip headings regex pattern	✘	✘	?	✓	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Skip headings based on a marker	P	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Skip all headings before the TOC marker	✘	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Remote usage

Feature	md-toc	github-markdown-toc	markdown-toc	remark-toc	markdown-it-table-of-contents	gfm-toc	md-toc-creator	mdformat-toc	git-toc	markdown-github-bear-toc	mdtoc	markdown-toc-cli	toc2md	github-markdown-toc.go	markdown-toc-generator	make-toc.sh	markdown-toc-bash	md_toc
Works offline	✓	✘	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✘	?	?	?	?
Remote markdown files	✘	✓	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	?	✓	?	?	?	?

Other

Feature	md-toc	github-markdown-toc	markdown-toc	remark-toc	markdown-it-table-of-contents	gfm-toc	md-toc-creator	mdformat-toc	git-toc	markdown-github-bear-toc	mdtoc	markdown-toc-cli	toc2md	github-markdown-toc.go	markdown-toc-generator	make-toc.sh	markdown-toc-bash	md_toc
Provides CLI	✓	✓	✓	✘	✘	✓	✓	✘	✓	?	?	?	?	✓	?	?	?	?
Provides API	✓	✘	✓	?	✓	?	?	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Tries to follow markdown specs literally	✓	?	?	?	?	✘	✘	/	✘	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
pre-commit hook	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Active project	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✘	✘	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	✓	?	?	?	?