Markdown Cheatsheet — Complete Syntax Guide

Markdown syntax: headings, bold, italic, links, images, code blocks, tables, task lists, footnotes.

Text Formatting

SyntaxResult
**bold**bold
*italic*italic
~~strikethrough~~strikethrough
`inline code`inline code
> blockquoteBlockquote

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4

Lists

- Unordered item
- Another item
  - Nested item

1. Ordered item
2. Second item

- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Incomplete task

Links & Images

[Link text](https://example.com)
[Link with title](https://example.com "Title")
![Alt text](image.png)
![Image with title](image.png "Title")

Code Blocks

```javascript
function hello() {
  console.log("Hello!");
}
```

Tables

| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|----------|:--------:|---------:|
| Left     | Center   | Right    |
| Data     | Data     | Data     |

Footnotes (GitHub)

Text with a footnote[^1].

[^1]: Footnote content here.

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