Markdown preview

How to use the Markdown preview

Use it to check right away how Markdown looks while writing a README, notes or a document draft.

1. Type or paste Markdown in the left box (top on mobile).
2. The result appears live on the right (below on mobile).
3. Use the Copy Markdown button to copy the source to the clipboard.

Supported syntax

• Headings # to ######, bold **text**, italic *text*, strikethrough ~~text~~, inline code `code`
• Code blocks (wrapped in ```), blockquotes (>), horizontal rules (---)
• Ordered and unordered lists (nested one level), pipe tables
• Links [text](address) and images 
• Put \ before a character to show the symbol as it is. Example: \*asterisks\*

Security and limits

• Raw HTML is never run or rendered. It is shown exactly as typed.
• Only http, https and mailto addresses can be opened as links, and they open in a new tab. Addresses such as javascript: or data: are not turned into links.
• Loading an image would send a request to an outside server, so images are not displayed. Only the description and address are shown.
• The input limit is 500,000 characters (string length); emoji and some other characters count as 2.
• Indented code blocks, code blocks and quotes inside lists, footnotes, task list checkboxes and HTML entities such as & are not supported and are shown as typed.
• Exporting to an HTML file is not provided.

Frequently asked questions