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Type markdown and see a live HTML preview. A small subset renderer runs entirely in your browser — raw HTML in the input is escaped, not executed.

Your markdown never leaves the browser — no upload, no server.

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Markdown input

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Type markdown to see a preview.

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GFM quirks
Two-space line breaks— end a line with two spaces before the newline to get a<br> inside a paragraph. A single newline is just a space in most renderers.
Lazy list numbering— write 1. on every ordered-list item; the renderer renumbers automatically. Handy when you insert items later.
Nested list indentation— sub-items need consistent indent (usually 2 or 4 spaces). Mixed tabs and spaces break nesting in strict parsers.
Autolinks — bare URLs like https://example.com are not auto-linked in classic markdown; wrap them in angle brackets or use[text](url) syntax.
Supported: headings, bold/italic, inline and fenced code, links, images (shown as alt-text placeholders), unordered and ordered lists, task lists, blockquotes, horizontal rules, and pipe tables. Any<tag> you type is escaped and shown as text — this previewer does not execute raw HTML from the input.
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About this tool
Markdown is a plain-text format for writing structured content. You focus on words; the renderer turns hashes into headings, asterisks into emphasis, and backticks into code.
GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) adds tables, task lists, and strikethrough on top of the original spec. Different tools implement slightly different subsets — always check what your target platform supports before relying on a quirk.
This tool uses a small custom renderer, not a full GFM library. It is meant for quick sanity checks while writing READMEs, blog drafts, or docs — not as a pixel-perfect GitHub preview.
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