Markdown Cheat Sheet

Free Markdown cheat sheet with headings, line breaks, lists, tables, quotes, and code blocks — copy examples instantly.

Basics

Heading

# followed by a space

# Heading 1

Bold / italic

Or __bold__ / _italic_

**bold** and *italic*

Line break

Two trailing spaces, or a blank line

line  
break

Horizontal rule

Three or more - * _ on their own line

---

Unordered list

- * + all work

- item
- item

Ordered list

Number, period, space

1. first
2. second

Blockquote

Nest with extra >

> quoted text

Task list

GFM checkboxes

- [ ] todo
- [x] done

Link

[text](url)

[MDCay](https://md.caydock.com)

Inline code

Wrap with backticks

`const x = 1`

Code fence

Triple backticks + language

```js
console.log(1)
```

Table

Separator row uses ---

| A | B |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | 2 |