# Mermaid Fixer + Mermaid ELK Renderer
Hi! SmolBlackHole here, maintainer of Mermaid ELK Renderer. Found Mermaid Fixer while browsing and our plugins overlap in a way that seems worth bringing up.
Mermaid Fixer repairs broken syntax in Mermaid blocks before they hit the renderer. Mermaid ELK Renderer enables the ELK layout engine and can optionally load Mermaid 11.16.0 instead of Obsidian’s older built-in version.
I suspect some diagrams your plugin currently “fixes” are actually valid Mermaid 11 syntax that Obsidian’s old renderer simply rejects. If Mermaid Fixer validated against the bundled 11.16.0 my plugin ships, fewer manual fixes would be needed. The ones that were still broken would render with the latest engine.
A few ways this could go:
- Cross link each other’s READMEs. Low effort, right now. "Syntax broken? Try Mermaid Fixer. Rendering fails? Enable bundled Mermaid 11 in ELK Renderer.
- Share the Mermaid 11.16 bundle. Mermaid Fixer detects my plugin is installed and uses its 11.16.0 for validation. Both plugins keep doing their own thing otherwise
- Merge into one plugin. Fixer handles the text repair pipeline, ELK Renderer handles layout and the Mermaid version. One install, both problems solved
Both MIT licensed. If none of this clicks for your roadmap, no worries. Just wanted to put it on your radar.