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markdown platforms which apps support it mdeditor tw skip to content md editor tw markdown editor tools markdown to html table generator markdown to pdf markdown viewer html to markdown table to markdown toc generator markdown guide cheat sheet learn markdown syntax what is markdown github flavored markdown markdown tables markdown vs html markdown lists markdown links markdown images markdown headings bold italic code blocks blockquotes footnotes markdown glossary faq platforms all platforms markdown in notion markdown in obsidian markdown in discord markdown in reddit open editor markdown editor tools markdown to html table generator markdown to pdf markdown viewer html to markdown table to markdown toc generator markdown guide cheat sheet learn markdown syntax what is markdown github flavored markdown markdown tables markdown vs html markdown lists markdown links markdown images markdown headings bold italic code blocks blockquotes footnotes markdown glossary faq platforms all platforms markdown in notion markdown in obsidian markdown in discord markdown in reddit home markdown platforms which apps support what markdown platforms which apps support what the same file can render perfectly in one app and come out as raw symbols in the next that is not your syntax failing it is eleven parsers making eleven different choices this page compares them and explains the one distinction that predicts most of the differences last updated 2026 07 24 on this page why the same markdown renders differently everywhere choice one which flavor the app targets choice two which parser library does the work why your syntax is rarely the problem apps that store markdown and apps that only accept it group one markdown is the storage format group two markdown is only the input method group three the source survives but not as a file why this beats the feature list the support matrix eleven platforms five questions read the columns not the rows writing markdown that survives the move six habits worth adopting two tools that catch the problems early where to go for the detail pick the page by the question you have if the question is the dialect not the app why the same markdown renders differently everywhere markdown is not a program it is a convention for writing plain text and every app that displays it brings its own parser software that reads your characters and decides what to build nothing forces two parsers to agree in short core markdown behaves the same everywhere the extended third of the language is where apps split some apps keep your md file some keep only the text and some throw the symbols away the matrix below compares eleven platforms on tables task lists footnotes code and storage four apps get a page of their own because a yes or no answer does not describe them properly choice one which flavor the app targets most modern tools follow commonmark plus the github flavored markdown extensions which is where tables task lists and strikethrough come from chat apps implement a small hand picked subset instead a table inside a one line message is a design problem not a feature choice two which parser library does the work the second choice is the library itself and how old it is github obsidian and this site s editor all claim gfm support yet they differ at the edges footnote handling html passthrough how many spaces nest a list whether a bare url becomes a link each is a small decision made by somebody else why your syntax is rarely the problem so the characters you type are almost never at fault core markdown behaves identically everywhere and platforms split apart on the extended elements roughly a third of the language the markdown syntax hub lays out which elements sit in which layer and what markdown is covers how the format grew so many dialects in the first place apps that store markdown and apps that only accept it this is the most useful idea on the page and it has nothing to do with syntax before asking whether an app supports markdown ask what it does with your characters after you type them there are three answers group one markdown is the storage format obsidian vs code and every static site generator hugo jekyll astro eleventy mkdocs docusaurus keep real md files on a disk you control the symbols stay in the file so you can grep them track them in git open them in any editor and move the folder elsewhere in an afternoon files in a github or gitlab repository belong here too group two markdown is only the input method notion and slack read your characters build their own internal objects then throw the symbols away type in notion and it becomes a heading block the hashes are gone and there is no source view because there is no source you are using markdown as a keyboard shortcut rather than writing it group three the source survives but not as a file discord reddit and comments on github and gitlab store your raw text in a database and re render it on every view edit a message and your asterisks come back that is friendlier than group two but the text lives inside one service and leaves only by copy and paste why this beats the feature list portability versioning and longevity all follow from the group not from how many elements an app renders a group one app can have a worse table implementation than notion and still be the safer home for five years of notes tip work out an app s group before you commit a project to it getting out of group two is always harder than getting in and nobody discovers that until the day they want to leave the support matrix eleven platforms against the four elements that most often decide whether a document survives a move plus the storage question partial means depends on your client version or settings eleven platforms five questions platform tables task lists footnotes code highlighting stores as md notion partial own table block only yes as to do blocks no yes no obsidian yes yes yes yes yes discord no no no yes with a language label no kept as message text reddit yes no no no monospace only no kept as post text github yes yes yes yes yes for repo files gitlab yes yes yes yes yes for repo files slack no no no no monospace only no microsoft teams no no no partial via the code snippet tool no vs code preview yes yes partial needs an extension yes yes jupyter yes partial jupyterlab renders them partial varies by version yes no cells live in ipynb ghost yes in the markdown card partial partial partial theme dependent partial source kept inside the post read the columns not the rows tables tell a document tool from a chat tool faster than anything else in the grid footnotes separate the serious writing tools from everything else code highlighting is the one column chat apps sometimes win because short snippets are what they were built for stores as md is the column that matters in five years and the only one you cannot fix later anything not listed is predictable from its category developer tools and note apps sit near obsidian chat apps near slack and block based workspaces near notion writing markdown that survives the move if a document might end up somewhere other than where you drafted it a few habits remove most of the pain none of them cost anything at writing time six habits worth adopting stay in core syntax for anything you will paste into chat headings bold italic lists links and code fences travel everywhere tables footnotes and task lists do not avoid raw html it works on static sites is sanitised on github and is shown as literal text or stripped everywhere else do not nest more than two levels deep nested list indentation is the least portable part of the language and four spaces per level is safest never use two trailing spaces for a line break they are invisible editors strip them and half the platforms above ignore them use a blank line keep images beside the file and use relative paths absolute paths to your own machine break the moment anyone else opens the document draft where the source is kept write in a group one tool and paste into group two never the reverse two tools that catch the problems early before pasting a long document somewhere unforgiving check it in the markdown viewer to move content out of a rich text editor html to markdown converts a pasted page back into clean source the rest of the free markdown tools handle conversion tables and contents lists the markdown editor on our homepage renders github flavored markdown which is a fair proxy for how github gitlab and most modern tools will treat your file where to go for the detail the matrix answers does it work four platforms need more than that because a yes or no cell hides the behaviour that actually trips people up pick the page by the question you have why does make a toggle instead of a blockquote that question along with which shortcuts convert as you type and what survives a md import or export is the ground markdown in notion covers which of my clever features will not travel markdown in obsidian looks at the closest thing to a pure markdown app and at the non standard extras wiki links callouts yaml front matter that stay behind when the file moves why did half my formatting silently do nothing markdown in discord maps the small supported subset spoiler tags and code block languages so you stop typing syntax that is never read should i be in the fancy editor or markdown mode markdown in reddit settles that one along with the quirks of reddit s own parser if the question is the dialect not the app sometimes you are not choosing a platform at all only deciding what to write for in that case which markdown flavor should you write for answers it directly and the github flavored markdown guide documents the extended set these platforms converged on for the elements themselves start at the markdown syntax hub watch out do not test portability with a short paragraph nearly everything survives that move a real document with a table a nested list and a footnote in it because those three break first support data verified 2026 07 24 frequently asked questions which apps support markdown most developer and writing tools do github gitlab obsidian vs code jupyter ghost and every static site generator chat apps support a subset discord and slack handle emphasis and code but not tables does notion support markdown partly notion accepts markdown as input so typing creates a heading and it imports and exports md files it never stores markdown the symbols become blocks and are discarded see markdown in notion for which shortcuts work why does my table work on github but not in discord or slack because tables are extended syntax not core markdown github implements the github flavored markdown extension set discord and slack deliberately implement a small subset aimed at short messages the parser on the other end simply has no rule for it can i move my notes from notion to obsidian yes via notion s markdown export but expect cleanup headings lists emphasis code and links come across well databases toggles callouts and embeds have no plain markdown equivalent moving the other way is easier which is the argument for drafting in a tool that stores md is there one version of markdown that works everywhere yes and it is smaller than you would like headings bold italic lists links images inline code code fences and blockquotes everything else depends on the platform that subset is the reliable way to keep a document portable keep learning markdown syntax every element in one table marked core or extended with a guide for each github flavored markdown the extended dialect most of the platforms above have standardised on markdown in obsidian the closest thing to a pure markdown app and what its extras cost you try the editor try the editor md editor tw a free private in browser markdown editor with live preview plus the deepest markdown reference library on the web tools markdown to html table generator markdown to pdf markdown viewer html to 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