# Is pandoc supported in Zola

**URL:** <https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658>\
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**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658 "2020-10-14T13:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![nandac](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/nandac/32/346_2.png) [@nandac](https://zola.discourse.group/u/nandac)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658/1 "2020-10-14T13:26:26Z")

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Dear Folks,

I just came across Zola a few hours ago and was wondering if you support Pandoc’s flavor of markdown?

If you do not what alternatives would you suggest?

I was looking into Pelican and created a plugin to support Pandoc. Do you by any chance have a similar strategy?

I look forward to your reply.

Many thanks,  
Nanda

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**Author:** ![dertuxmalwieder](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/dertuxmalwieder/32/336_2.png) [@dertuxmalwieder](https://zola.discourse.group/u/dertuxmalwieder)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658/2 "2020-10-14T13:35:50Z")

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The problem is that all supported languages should be available as cranes. See this previous discussion:

> [@Alternative input formats](https://zola.discourse.group/t/alternative-input-formats/76):
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> Currently, Zola only supports CommonMark. There have been some requests for [Asciidoc](https://github.com/getzola/zola/issues/32) and [rst](https://github.com/getzola/zola/issues/638). Adding an input format is a VERY significant amount of work, even assuming there is an existing parser for it in Rust which is a big assumption. Since I don’t personally need it, the implementation would need to come from a contributor. The goal is not to support every format under the sun as it increases the burden considerably: any addition in the content like the shortcodes need to be replicated n …

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**Author:** ![HugoTrentesaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/hugotrentesaux/32/105_2.png) [@HugoTrentesaux](https://zola.discourse.group/u/HugoTrentesaux)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658/3 "2020-10-15T14:59:57Z")

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> [@dertuxmalwieder](#):
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> cranes

[crates](https://crates.io/)\*

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**Author:** ![dertuxmalwieder](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/dertuxmalwieder/32/336_2.png) [@dertuxmalwieder](https://zola.discourse.group/u/dertuxmalwieder)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658/4 "2020-10-15T15:08:35Z")

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Yes. 😃