Markdown Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet is from The Markdown Guide!

This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you need more information about any of these elements, refer to the reference guides for basic syntax and extended syntax.

Basic Syntax

These are the elements outlined in John Gruber’s original design document. All Markdown applications support these elements.

### Heading

# H1

## H2

### H3

### Bold

**bold text**

### Italic

_italicized text_

### Blockquote

> blockquote

### Ordered List

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

### Unordered List

-   First item
-   Second item
-   Third item

### Code

`code`

### Horizontal Rule

---

### Link

[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)

### Image

![alt text](https://www.markdownguide.org/assets/images/tux.png)

Which looks like this:

Heading

H1

H2

H3

Bold

bold text

Italic

italicized text

Blockquote

blockquote

Ordered List

First item
Second item
Third item

Unordered List

First item
Second item
Third item

Code

code

Horizontal Rule

Link

Markdown Guide

Image

alt text

Extended Syntax

These elements extend the basic syntax by adding additional features. Not all Markdown applications support these elements.

### Table

| Syntax    | Description |
| --------- | ----------- |
| Header    | Title       |
| Paragraph | Text        |

### Fenced Code Block

```js
{ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 25 }
```

### Footnote

Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote.

### Strikethrough

~~The world is flat.~~

### Task List

-   [x] Write the press release
-   [ ] Update the website
-   [ ] Contact the media

### Emoji

That is so funny! 😊

(See also
[Copying and Pasting Emoji](https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#copying-and-pasting-emoji))

### Subscript

H<sub>2</sub>O

### Superscript

X<sup>2</sup>^

Which look like this

Table

Syntax	Description
Header	Title
Paragraph	Text

Fenced Code Block

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}

Footnote

Here's a sentence with a footnote. ¹

Strikethrough

~~The world is flat.~~

Task List

Write the press release
Update the website
Contact the media

Emoji

That is so funny! 😊

(See also Copying and Pasting Emoji)

Subscript

H₂O

Superscript

X²

This is the footnote. ↩