Markdown Cheatsheet

Syntaxs

Headers

# h1
## h2
### h3
#### h4
##### h5
###### h6

Header 1 and header 2 could also use the following markup

Header 1
========

Header 2
--------

Emphasis

*italic*
_italic_

**bold**
__bold__

***bold italic***
___bold italic___

~~strikethrough~~

`code`

Tools and libraries

Online Markdown editor

• Dillinger
• StackEdit

Libraries

• Redcarpet: Ruby gem for Markdown processing

References

• Original Markdown specs by John Gruber
• Comparison of syntax extensions in Markdown flavors
• Awesome Markdown