GHMarkdownParser is a GitHub Flavored Markdown parser for iOS and Mac OS, based on discount.

• add GHMarkdownParser as a submodule to your project

• navigate into GHMarkdownParser directory and initialize the submodules

  git submodule init
  git submodule update
  

• drag and drop the GHMarkdownParser.xcodeproj into your project

• select your project target -> build settings

  • fill Other Linker Flags with -Objc and -all_load
  • add the path of GHMarkdownParser to Library Search Paths and Header Search Paths

• go into build phases

  • add GHMarkdownParser (for iOS) or GHMarkdownParser Mac (for Mac) to Target Dependencies
  • add libGHMarkdownParser.a (for iOS) or libGHMarkdownParser_Mac.a (for Mac) to Link Binary with Libraries

• import the GHMarkdownParser header

  #import "GHMarkdownParser.h"

• convert any markdown formatted string into HTML

  NSString *markdown = ...;
  NSString *HTML = markdown.flavoredHTMLStringFromMarkdown;

• Or for greater control:

  GHMarkdownParser *parser = [[GHMarkdownParser alloc] init];
  parser.options = kGHMarkdownAutoLink; // for example
  parser.githubFlavored = YES;
  NSString *html = [parser HTMLStringFromMarkdownString:markdownString];