remark-frontmatter is a unified (remark) plugin to parse and process frontmatter in Markdown files. This plugin allows you to extract metadata, typically written in YAML or TOML, from the beginning of your Markdown. It integrates seamlessly with remark's ecosystem, providing a structured way to access frontmatter content for use in content processing, templating or other custom logic. The plugin offers options for specifying different frontmatter syntax formats.
The remark-frontmatter npm package has had irregular releases. It had frequent releases in 2017-2018 and 2020-2021. The most recent releases were in September 2023. There have been no releases in 2024 or 2025. The releases appear to be somewhat sporadic, with occasional periods of multiple releases in a short timeframe, followed by long periods of inactivity.
Remark-frontmatter downloads show strong growth. From February 2024 to July 2025, downloads increased significantly, peaking in July 2025 at 7.7 million. August 2025 data, which is partial, shows a drop to 5.3 million, but the overall trend indicates rising popularity of the package.
