# Is pandoc supported in Zola **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 14, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658 "2020-10-14T13:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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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): > > 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 … --- _[View the full topic](https://zola.discourse.group/t/is-pandoc-supported-in-zola/658)._