diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/MarkitupReactRenderer.js b/src/components/Widgets/MarkitupReactRenderer.js
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+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
+import MarkupIt, { Syntax, JSONUtils } from 'markup-it';
+
+const defaultRenderers = {
+  'doc': 'article',
+  'header_one': 'h1',
+  'header_two': 'h2',
+  'header_three': 'h3',
+  'header_four': 'h4',
+  'header_five': 'h5',
+  'header_six': 'h6',
+  'paragraph': 'p',
+  'ordered_list': 'ol',
+  'unordered_list': 'ul',
+  'list_item': 'li',
+  'link': 'a',
+  'image': 'img',
+  'BOLD': 'strong',
+  'ITALIC': 'em',
+  'text': null,
+  'unstyled': null,
+};
+
+export default class MarkitupReactRenderer extends React.Component {
+
+  renderToken = (token) => {
+    const { type, data, text, tokens } = token;
+    const element = defaultRenderers[type];
+
+    // Only render if type is registered as renderer
+    if (typeof element !== 'undefined') {
+      let children = null;
+      if (Array.isArray(tokens) && tokens.length) {
+        children = tokens.map(this.renderToken);
+      } else if (type === 'text') {
+        children = text;
+      }
+      if (element !== null) {
+        // If this is a react element
+        return React.createElement(element, data, children);
+      } else {
+        // If this is a text node
+        return children;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { value, syntax } = this.props;
+
+    if (typeof this.parser === 'undefined') {
+      this.parser = new MarkupIt(syntax);
+    }
+
+    const content = this.parser.toContent(value);
+    const json = JSONUtils.encode(content);
+    // console.log(JSON.stringify(json, null, 2));
+
+    return (
+      <div>{this.renderToken(json.token)}</div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+MarkitupReactRenderer.propTypes = {
+  value: PropTypes.string,
+  syntax: PropTypes.instanceOf(Syntax).isRequired
+};
diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/__tests__/MarkitupReactRenderer.spec.js b/src/components/Widgets/__tests__/MarkitupReactRenderer.spec.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
+import markdownSyntax from 'markup-it/syntaxes/markdown';
+import htmlSyntax from 'markup-it/syntaxes/html';
+import MarkitupReactRenderer from '../MarkitupReactRenderer';
+
+describe('MarkitupReactRenderer', () => {
+  it('should render markdown', () => {
+    const value = `
+# H1
+
+Text with **bold** & _em_ elements
+
+## H2
+
+* ul item 1
+* ul item 2
+
+### H3
+
+1. ol item 1
+1. ol item 2
+1. ol item 3
+
+#### H4
+
+[link title](http://google.com)
+
+##### H5
+
+![alt text](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/678903331176214528/TQTdqGwD.jpg)
+
+###### H6
+
+`;
+    const component = renderer.create(
+      <MarkitupReactRenderer
+          value={value}
+          syntax={markdownSyntax}
+      />
+    );
+    const tree = component.toJSON();
+    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('should support custom syntax', () => {
+    const value = `
+`;
+    const component = renderer.create(
+      <MarkitupReactRenderer
+          value={value}
+          syntax={markdownSyntax}
+      />
+    );
+    const tree = component.toJSON();
+    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('should render HTML', () => {
+    const value = '<p class="test class">Paragraph with <em>inline</em> element</p>';
+    const component = renderer.create(
+      <MarkitupReactRenderer
+          value={value}
+          syntax={htmlSyntax}
+      />
+    );
+    const tree = component.toJSON();
+    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/__tests__/__snapshots__/MarkitupReactRenderer.spec.js.snap b/src/components/Widgets/__tests__/__snapshots__/MarkitupReactRenderer.spec.js.snap
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+exports[`MarkitupReactRenderer should render HTML 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <article>
+    <p>
+      Paragraph with 
+      <em>
+        inline
+      </em>
+       element
+    </p>
+  </article>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`MarkitupReactRenderer should render markdown 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <article>
+    <h1
+      id={null}>
+      H1
+    </h1>
+    <p>
+      Text with 
+      <strong>
+        bold
+      </strong>
+       & 
+      <em>
+        em
+      </em>
+       elements
+    </p>
+    <h2
+      id={null}>
+      H2
+    </h2>
+    <ul>
+      <li
+        loose={false}>
+        ul item 1
+      </li>
+      <li
+        loose={false}>
+        ul item 2
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+    <h3
+      id={null}>
+      H3
+    </h3>
+    <ol>
+      <li
+        loose={false}>
+        ol item 1
+      </li>
+      <li
+        loose={false}>
+        ol item 2
+      </li>
+      <li
+        loose={false}>
+        ol item 3
+      </li>
+    </ol>
+    <h4
+      id={null}>
+      H4
+    </h4>
+    <p>
+      <a
+        href="http://google.com">
+        link title
+      </a>
+    </p>
+    <h5
+      id={null}>
+      H5
+    </h5>
+    <p>
+      <img
+        alt="alt text"
+        src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/678903331176214528/TQTdqGwD.jpg" />
+    </p>
+    <h6
+      id={null}>
+      H6
+    </h6>
+  </article>
+</div>
+`;