Markdown Preview
Write Markdown on the left and see it rendered live on the right. GFM supported, with a view of the generated HTML and one-click copy.
Hello Markdown
This is bold, this is italic, and this is strikethrough.
Lists
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
Code
const greeting = "Hello, world"
console.log(greeting)
Table
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ada | Math |
| Alan | Logic |
A quote looks like this.
What is it
Markdown is a light markup language: you type plain text with a few symbols (a # for a heading, two asterisks for bold) and it becomes a formatted document. This editor shows the rendered result the moment you type — no save button, no publish step, just text in and HTML-looking page out.
Notes & fun facts
Markdown was made for people who thought HTML tags looked too loud in e-mail. It quietly became the writing tool of programmers, documentation sites and the whole README culture on GitHub — proof that a humble format can outlast fancy editors.
Origin & history
Markdown was created by John Gruber with Aaron Swartz and released in 2004. GitHub launched its flavored variant, GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown), in 2009, adding tables, fenced code blocks and strikethrough; GFM has since become the de-facto standard most people mean by Markdown today.