Markdown is plain text with simple punctuation conventions for formatting, # for headings, * for lists, ** for bold, links as [text](url). Created by John Gruber in 2004 and now the default for GitHub READMEs, documentation sites, and modern note-taking apps (Obsidian, Notion-export, Bear).
How to open
Any text editor (raw). Rendered: GitHub, GitLab, VS Code preview, Obsidian, Bear, Notion (importable), Typora, MarkText, Markdown Editor.