Markdown Previewer

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that lets you format plain text using simple symbols. You use # for headings, ** for bold, * for italic, and - for bullet lists. It is widely used for README files on GitHub, documentation, blog posts, and note-taking apps because it is readable as plain text and converts cleanly to HTML.

This editor supports standard CommonMark Markdown, which includes headings, bold, italic, blockquotes, code blocks, inline code, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, and horizontal rules. Some extended features like GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) tables and strikethrough may also be supported.

Use pipes and hyphens to create tables. Example: | Header 1 | Header 2 | on one line, | --- | --- | on the next line (the separator), then | Row 1 Col 1 | Row 1 Col 2 | for data rows. GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) supports this syntax, and many Markdown editors render it as a proper HTML table.

This Markdown previewer shows you the rendered HTML preview in real time. To export to HTML, you can view the page source in your browser or copy the rendered content. For PDF export, use your browser's Print to PDF feature (Ctrl+P, then choose Save as PDF).

HTML is the underlying language of the web, using tags like h1, p, and a to structure content. Markdown is a simpler shorthand that gets converted to HTML. Markdown is faster to write and easier to read as plain text, while HTML gives you more precise control over formatting and structure.