Online Markdown Editor with Live Preview

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Write Markdown on the left and watch it render instantly on the right. Copy the generated HTML when you're done — nothing you type is ever uploaded.

Step 1.

Write Markdown

Step 2.

Live Preview

Step 3.

Copy HTML

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Markdown Reference

This markdown to HTML tool will help you quickly generate HTML markup to be used in your project. If you are new to writing markdown I provide a quick reference towards the bottom of this page?

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor. John Gruber and Aaron Swartz created Markdown in 2004 as a markup language that is appealing to human readers in its source code form.

Element	Markdown Syntax
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`
Task List	`- [x] Done - [ ] To do`
Inline Code	`code`
Code Block	``` code block ```
Table	`\| A \| B \| \|---\|---\| \| 1 \| 2 \|`
Horizontal Rule	`---`
Link	`[title](https://www.example.com)`
Image	`![alt text](image.jpg)`

Markdown Syntax Reference

Try any of these in the editor above — the live preview updates as you type.

Headings

Use 1–6 # characters at the start of a line for H1–H6.

# H1
## H2
### H3

Bold

Wrap text in double asterisks or double underscores.

**bold text** or __bold text__

Italic

Wrap text in single asterisks or single underscores.

*italic text* or _italic text_

Blockquote

Start a line with >.

> This is a blockquote

Ordered List

Start each line with a number and a period.

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

Unordered List

Start each line with -, *, or +.

- First item
- Second item
- Third item

Task List

An unordered list item with [ ] or [x] right after the dash.

- [x] Finished task
- [ ] Open task

Inline Code

Wrap text in backticks.

Use the `cleanCss()` function

Code Block

Wrap multiple lines in triple backticks. Add a language name for syntax hinting.

```js
function hello() {
  return "world";
}
```

Table

Separate columns with pipes and add a dashed row underneath the header.

| Name  | Role      |
|-------|-----------|
| Jake  | Developer |

Horizontal Rule

Three or more hyphens, asterisks, or underscores on their own line.

---

Link

Square-bracket link text, followed immediately by the URL in parentheses.

[Bootstrap Creative](https://bootstrapcreative.com/)

Image

Same as a link, with a leading exclamation point.

![Screenshot of the tool](image.jpg)