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Markdown guides, tutorials, and tips for developers, writers, and students.
Slack Markdown: Format Messages with mrkdwn (Guide)
Slack markdown uses its own mrkdwn rules: single asterisks, underscore italics, angle-bracket links. Get the conversion table and paste fixes. Try our editor.
Python Markdown: Convert Markdown to HTML in Python
Python Markdown tutorial: Python-Markdown vs markdown-it-py vs mistune on the same input, plus a full script with extensions and nh3. Try our free editor.
Google Docs Markdown: Enable, Paste, Import, Export
Google Docs Markdown explained: enable it under Tools, paste from Markdown, import and export .md files, and what survives each path. Try our free editor.
Vue Markdown Editor: Build One in 30 Lines (2026)
Build a Vue markdown editor with ref, computed, markdown-it, and DOMPurify, then compare md-editor-v3, v-md-editor, vue3-markdown, and Tiptap. Try our editor.
Markdown Templates: 10 Ready-to-Use .md Files (2026)
Ten free markdown templates to copy: README, changelog, meeting notes, ADR, blog post, resume, and GitHub issue and PR files, with save paths. Try our editor.
Markdown Code Block Languages: Identifier Cheat Sheet
Markdown code block languages in one table: every identifier and alias that works on GitHub, Discord, Obsidian, and VS Code, with examples. Try our free editor.
Jira Markdown: Formatting Text in Jira Issues
Which Jira Markdown works: Cloud shortcuts that convert as you type, Data Center wiki markup, a 3-column cheat sheet, and how to paste Markdown. Try it.
Markdown Shortcuts: Keyboard Shortcuts in Popular Editors
Markdown shortcuts cheat sheet: keyboard shortcuts for VS Code, Obsidian, Typora and GitHub, plus type-to-format triggers in Notion and Jira. Try our editor.
Django Markdown: Render Markdown in Templates Safely
Django Markdown tutorial: build a template filter with Python-Markdown and nh3, add tables and code highlighting, and pick a package. Try our free editor.
Windows Markdown Viewer: Open and Preview .md Files
Every Windows Markdown viewer worth using, from Notepad and a browser editor to VS Code, a Chrome extension, and MarkText, with a feature matrix. Try it.
Website to Markdown: Convert Any URL to .md
Convert a website to Markdown in three steps: fetch, extract, convert. Get a URL converter, Python and Node scripts, and a cleanup list. Try our free editor.
Markdown Converter: Every Direction Explained (2026)
Markdown converter map: convert Markdown to HTML, PDF, Word, and text, or convert to Markdown from HTML, Word, and PDF, with what survives. Try our editor.
Headings in Jupyter Notebook: Markdown Cell Guide
Fix headings in Jupyter Notebook that show as plain text: Esc, M, 1-6 shortcuts, heading anchors, the TOC panel, and the export title. Try our free editor.
Markdown Editor for Windows: 8 Options Compared (2026)
Best Markdown editor for Windows: VS Code, MarkText, Typora, Obsidian and more scored on price, install method, ARM64 and export. Try our free editor.
Bear Markdown: Syntax, Export, and What Survives
Bear markdown syntax compared with standard Markdown, how to export notes as .md or TextBundle, and which marks break elsewhere and how to fix them. Try it.
Markdown Image Caption: 3 Ways That Actually Render
Add a markdown image caption with an italic line, figure and figcaption, or a single-cell table, and centre it on GitHub and Obsidian. Try our free editor.
Markdown Guidelines: A 20-Rule Style Guide (2026)
Markdown guidelines for clean, consistent files: 20 rules with the reason for each, the markdownlint ID that enforces it, and a config to copy. Try our editor.
R Markdown Tables: kable, gt, and Manual Tables
Build an r markdown table three ways: a manual pipe table, knitr::kable(), or kableExtra, gt, and flextable. See what knits to HTML, PDF, and Word. Try it free.
JSON to Markdown: Convert Data to Tables and Docs
Convert JSON to Markdown tables and documents with working Python, jq, and Node snippets, plus the pipe and null gotchas that break rows. Try our free editor.
RMarkdown Header: YAML Options and Headings (2026)
Learn what an rmarkdown header is: section headings vs the YAML block, each field for HTML, PDF, and Word, and the errors to avoid. Try our free editor.