Markdown Guides

A collection of short guides to help you write better Markdown.

What is Markdown A lightweight markup language for expressing document structure without heavy formatting tools. Understanding GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) GitHub's Markdown extension adding tables, task lists and strikethrough. How to write a good README Shape the document that forms your project's first impression, in Markdown. Markdown vs HTML: when to use which The differences between the two formats and how to convert between them.