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Markdown Cheat Sheet — Syntax Reference (with GFM)

Markdown syntax at a glance, including the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) extensions used in READMEs and issues.

Put it into practice with the matching tool.

Headings & emphasis

# Heading 1Top-level heading (up to ###### for level 6)

**bold**Bold text

*italic*Italic text

***bold italic***Bold and italic

~~strikethrough~~Strikethrough (GFM)

- itemUnordered list item

1. itemOrdered list item

- nestedNested item (indent by two spaces)

- [ ] todoUnchecked task list item (GFM)

- [x] doneChecked task list item (GFM)

[text](https://example.com)Inline link

[text](url "title")Link with hover title

![alt](image.png)Image

<https://example.com>Autolink a bare URL

`inline code`Inline code span

```jsStart a fenced code block with syntax highlighting

```Close a fenced code block

four spacesIndented code block (legacy style)

| A | B |Header row

| --- | --- |Divider row (required)

| :--- |Left-align the column

| :---: |Center the column

| ---: |Right-align the column

> quoteBlockquote

---Horizontal rule

line ending with two spacesForce a line break

\*escaped\*Escape a Markdown character with a backslash