Markdown Preview
Live preview with GitHub Flavored Markdown
About Markdown Preview
Write Markdown in the Source tab and switch to Preview to see it rendered with GitHub Flavored Markdown, styled with the site's own typography rather than GitHub's CSS. The editor opens with a sample document showing headings, a table and a task list, and your text exists only in the page, so it is lost when you reload. Useful for drafting READMEs, issue comments or docs.
Category: Text.
Frequently asked questions
What is Markdown?
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A lightweight markup language created by John Gruber in 2004. It converts plain text with simple syntax (# headings, **bold**, - lists) into formatted HTML.
What Markdown flavor is used?
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GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) through remark-gfm, which adds tables, task lists (- [ ]), strikethrough (~~text~~), autolinked URLs and footnotes. Fenced code blocks are shown in a monospace block without syntax highlighting.
Can I use HTML inside Markdown?
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Not in this preview. Raw HTML tags such as <details> or <kbd> are displayed as literal text instead of being rendered, which also prevents pasted content from running scripts.
How do I get the HTML for my Markdown?
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Paste the same text into the Markdown to HTML tool, which uses the same parser and GFM rules and gives you markup ready to copy. The preview itself has no export button.