Markdown preview with HTML conversion
# Header — headings from H1 (#) to H6 (######).
**bold** — bold text.
*italic* — italic text.
~~strikethrough~~ — strikethrough text.
`code` — inline code.
```code block``` — code block.
[text](url) — link.
 — image.
- item — unordered list.
1. item — ordered list.
> quote — blockquote.
--- — horizontal rule.
| table | — table with | separators.
Markdown Editor with Live Preview Online
A free online Markdown editor with instant live preview. Write Markdown text on the left and immediately see the rendered HTML on the right, with support for tables, code blocks, and export.
What is Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with simple plain-text-based syntax. Created in 2004 by John Gruber with one goal: text should be easy to read as-is and easy to convert to HTML. Today Markdown is the de-facto standard for README files, documentation, blogs, and content management systems.
Our online editor shows the result in real time: you write on the left, see the rendered HTML on the right. No "Refresh" button needed — the preview is instant.
Basic syntax
| Element | Markdown | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Heading H1 | # Heading | large heading |
| Heading H2 | ## Heading | medium heading |
| Bold | **text** | text |
| Italic | *text* | text |
| Strikethrough | ~~text~~ | |
| Inline code | `code` | code |
| Link | [text](url) | clickable link |
| Image |  | embedded image |
| Unordered list | - item | • item |
| Ordered list | 1. item | 1. item |
| Blockquote | > text | quote block |
| Horizontal rule | --- | —————— |
Tables and code blocks
Tables are created using pipe characters and dashes:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |----------|----------| | Cell 1 | Cell 2 |
Code blocks are wrapped in triple backticks. This preserves formatting and disables Markdown processing inside the block.
Where Markdown is used
- GitHub / GitLab — README.md, PR descriptions, issue comments
- Documentation — Docusaurus, MkDocs, GitBook, Notion
- Blogs — Jekyll, Hugo, Ghost, Gatsby
- Messengers — Telegram, Slack, Discord support Markdown subsets
- CMS — WordPress (with plugin), Contentful, Strapi
- Email marketing — Substack, Buttondown
HTML export
The "HTML" button in the top right copies the rendered HTML to the clipboard. Useful for:
- Pasting ready markup into CMS without Markdown support
- Creating HTML emails from a Markdown draft
- Quick HTML content prototyping
FAQ
Is GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) supported? Main GFM extensions are supported: tables, strikethrough (~~), fenced code blocks.
Is content saved on refresh? No, text is stored in browser memory only. Save important text to files.
Is HTML rendering safe? Links with javascript:, data:, and vbscript: protocols are blocked automatically.
See also: HTML Entities · Diff text compare · JSON Formatter · Word Counter
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