Markdown cheat sheet

The Markdown syntax you'll actually use, on one page. Prefer not to type it? Write visually in RichMarkdown and export — it produces exactly this syntax for you.

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

Emphasis

**bold**
*italic*
~~strikethrough~~   (GitHub-flavoured)

Lists

- Bullet item
- Another item
  - Nested item (indent two spaces)

1. First
2. Second
3. Third

Task lists (GFM)

- [x] Done
- [ ] Not done yet

Links and images

[Link text](https://example.com)
[Link with title](https://example.com "Hover text")
![Alt text](https://example.com/image.png)

Code

Inline: `npm install`

```js
console.log("fenced code block with a language");
```

Quotes

> A blockquote.
> It can span several lines.

Tables (GFM)

| Column A | Column B |
| -------- | -------: |
| left     |    right |

Add : to the divider row to align a column: :--- left, :---: centre, ---: right.

Horizontal rule and line breaks

---

End a line with two spaces
to force a line break.

Escaping

Put a backslash before a character to show it literally: \*not italic\*. Characters you may need to escape: \ ` * _ { } [ ] ( ) # + - . !

Markdown flavours

CommonMark is the precise standard most tools follow. GitHub-flavoured Markdown (GFM) adds tables, task lists, strikethrough and automatic links. RichMarkdown exports CommonMark plus GFM tables and strikethrough, which works on GitHub, GitLab, Obsidian, VS Code, Notion import and most static site generators.