Paragraphs are separated by a blank line.
Two spaces at the end of a line
produce a line break.
Text attributes italic, bold, monospace.
Horizontal rule:
Bullet lists nested within numbered list:
A link.
Markdown uses email-style characters for blockquoting.
Multiple paragraphs need to be prepended individually.
Most inline HTML tags are supported.
``` | A [link](https://example.com/).  > Markdown uses email-style characters for blockquoting. > > Multiple paragraphs need to be prepended individually. Most inline HTML tags are supported. | ## Implementations \[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Markdown&action=edit§ion=11 "Edit section: Implementations")\] Implementations of Markdown are available for over a dozen [programming languages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language "Programming language"); in addition, many [applications](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software "Application software"), platforms and [frameworks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_framework "Software framework") support Markdown.[\[53\]](#cite_note-54) For example, Markdown [plugins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_\(computing\) "Plug-in (computing)") exist for every major [blogging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog "Blog") platform.[\[13\]](#cite_note-ArsTechnica2014-13) While Markdown is a minimal markup language and is read and edited with a normal [text editor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editor "Text editor"), there are specially designed editors that preview the files with styles, which are available for all major platforms. Many general-purpose text and [code editors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-code_editor "Source-code editor") have [syntax highlighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_highlighting "Syntax highlighting") plugins for Markdown built into them or available as optional download. Editors may feature a side-by-side preview window or render the code directly in a [WYSIWYG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG "WYSIWYG") fashion. Some Markdown editors display an inline preview as users edit Markdown source. Popular examples include [Typora](https://typora.io/), [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/), and [Marble](https://marble.md/). ## See also \[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Markdown&action=edit§ion=12 "Edit section: See also")\] * [Comparison of document markup languages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_document_markup_languages "Comparison of document markup languages") * [Comparison of documentation generators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_documentation_generators "Comparison of documentation generators") * [Comparison of wiki software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software "Comparison of wiki software") * [Lightweight markup language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_markup_language "Lightweight markup language") * [List of markup languages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_markup_languages "List of markup languages") * [List of text editors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_text_editors "List of text editors") * [Wiki markup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_markup "Wiki markup") ## Explanatory notes \[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Markdown&action=edit§ion=13 "Edit section: Explanatory notes")\] 1. [↑](#cite_ref-17) Technically HTML description lists ## References \[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Markdown&action=edit§ion=14 "Edit section: References")\] 1. [↑](#cite_ref-df-2022_1-0) Gruber, John (8 January 2014). ["The Markdown File Extension"](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/01/08/markdown-extension). The Daring Fireball Company, LLC. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200712120733/https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/01/08/markdown-extension) from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022. Too late now, I suppose, but the only file extension I would endorse is ".markdown", for the same reason offered by Hilton Lipschitz: *We no longer live in a 8.3 world, so we should be using the most descriptive file extensions. It's sad that all our operating systems rely on this stupid convention instead of the better creator code or a metadata model, but great that they now support longer file extensions.* 2. 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While Markdown's syntax has been influenced by several existing text-to-HTML filters — including Setext, atx, Textile, reStructuredText, Grutatext [\[15\]](#cite_note-grutatext-15), and EtText [\[16\]](#cite_note-ettext-16) — the single biggest source of inspiration for Markdown's syntax is the format of plain text email." 10. [↑](#cite_ref-llm-markdown_10-0) Dillet, Romain (6 March 2025). ["Mistral adds a new API that turns any PDF document into an AI-ready Markdown file"](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/mistrals-new-ocr-api-turns-any-pdf-document-into-an-ai-ready-markdown-file/). *TechCrunch*. Retrieved 7 September 2025. 11. [↑](#cite_ref-11) ["Daring Fireball: Introducing Markdown"](https://daringfireball.net/2004/03/introducing_markdown). *daringfireball.net*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200920182442/https://daringfireball.net/2004/03/introducing_markdown) from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020. 12. 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[Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201114231130/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/markdown-throwdown-what-happens-when-foss-software-gets-corporate-backing/) from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2017. [CommonMark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CommonMark "CommonMark") fork could end up better for users... but original creators seem to disagree. 14. [↑](#cite_ref-Gruber_14-0) @gruber (12 June 2016). ["I should write about it, but it's painful. More or less: Aaron was my sounding board, my muse"](https://twitter.com/gruber/status/741989829173510145) ([Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_\(social_media\) "Tweet (social media)")) – via [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter"). 15. [↑](#cite_ref-grutatext_15-0) ["Un naufragio personal: The Grutatxt markup"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220630230546/https://triptico.com/docs/grutatxt_markup.html). *triptico.com*. 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["@tobie @espadrine @comex @wycats Because different sites (and people) have different needs. No one syntax would make all happy"](https://twitter.com/gruber/status/507670720886091776) ([Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_\(social_media\) "Tweet (social media)")) – via [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter"). 23. [↑](#cite_ref-curlyBraces_24-0) Gruber, John (19 May 2022). ["Markdoc"](https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/05/19/markdoc). *Daring Fireball*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220519202920/https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/05/19/markdoc) from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022. I love their syntax extensions — very true to the spirit of Markdown. They use curly braces for their extensions; I'm not sure I ever made this clear, publicly, but I avoided using curly braces in Markdown itself — even though they are very tempting characters — to unofficially reserve them for implementation-specific extensions. 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[↑](#cite_ref-52) ["Plugin: wet\_textfilter\_markdown"](https://plugins.textpattern.com/plugins/wet_textfilter_markdown). *Textpattern CMS plugins*. 27 April 2025. 52. [↑](#cite_ref-53) ["Markdown for TYPO3 (markdown\_content)"](https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/markdown_content/). *extensions.typo3.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210201205749/https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/markdown_content/) from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2019. 53. [↑](#cite_ref-54) ["W3C Community Page of Markdown Implementations"](https://www.w3.org/community/markdown/wiki/MarkdownImplementations). *W3C Markdown Wiki*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200917231621/https://www.w3.org/community/markdown/wiki/MarkdownImplementations) from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2016. ## Further reading \[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Markdown&action=edit§ion=15 "Edit section: Further reading")\] * Wilburn, Gene (12 January 2022). [*Markdown for Writers*](https://books.apple.com/jp/book/markdown-for-writers-2nd-ed-rev/id1604646441) (2nd, revised ed.). Gene Wilburn. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)") [978-1-895934-15-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-895934-15-1 "Special:BookSources/978-1-895934-15-1"). ## External links \[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Markdown&action=edit§ion=16 "Edit section: External links")\] * [Official website](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) for original John Gruber markup * ["Docling"](https://docling.ai). *docling.ai*., converts messy documents — PDFs, Office files, HTML, images and audio — to structured Markdown * ["Datalab Playground"](https://www.datalab.to/playground/documents/new). *www.datalab.to*., conversion tool * "[Ultimate Markdown Editor](https://www.pilandrome.com/editor/MarkdownEditor)" an online open source version of the high end markdown editor which supports comments and export to docx format. | * [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Document_markup_languages "Template:Document markup languages") * [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Document_markup_languages "Template talk:Document markup languages") * [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Document_markup_languages "Special:EditPage/Template:Document markup languages") [Document markup languages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language "Markup language") | | 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| | * [Office Open XML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML "Office Open XML") * [PresentationML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PresentationML "PresentationML") * [SpreadsheetML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpreadsheetML "SpreadsheetML") * [WordprocessingML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordprocessingML "WordprocessingML") * [OpenDocument Format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument "OpenDocument") | | * [HTML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML "HTML") * [XHTML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML "XHTML") * [MathML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML "MathML") * [RTF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format "Rich Text Format") * [TeX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX "TeX") * [LaTeX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX "LaTeX") * [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) | | * [AmigaGuide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaGuide "AmigaGuide") * [AsciiDoc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsciiDoc "AsciiDoc") * 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