GitHub Markdown Kitchen Sink

A large collection of code samples which have been tested against GitHub's markdown parser... so you don't have to.

Resources

This Repo

• README.md (preview, raw) – this file
• TEST.md (preview, raw) — used to test the examples from this file, which are pre-generated

Markdown

• Original Markdown Syntax from John Gruber
• GitHub-Flavored Markdown from GitHub

Code Examples with Preview

Block Elements

Code	Preview
Paragraph
This is a paragraph.	This is a paragraph.
Headers (Sextext-style)
Header 1 ======== Header 2 --------	Header 1 Header 2
Headers (Atx-style)
# Header 1 ## Header 2 ### Header 3 #### Header 4 ##### Header 5 ###### Header 6	Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 Header 4 Header 5 Header 6
Headers (Atx-style closed)
# Header 1 # ## Header 2 ## ### Header 3 ### #### Header 4 #### ##### Header 5 ##### ###### Header 6 #####	Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 Header 4 Header 5 Header 6
Blockquote
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet [...]	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam hendrerit mi posuere lectus. Vestibulum enim wisi, viverra nec, fringilla in, laoreet vitae, risus.
Blockquote with nested elements
> ## This is a header. > 1. This is the first list item. > 2. This is the second list item. > > Here's some example code: > > Markdown.generate();	This is a header. This is the first list item. This is the second list item. Here's some example code: Markdown.generate();
List
- Red - Green - Blue + Red + Green + Blue * Red * Green * Blue	Red Green Blue
Ordered List
1. Buy flour and salt 1. Mix together with water 1. Bake	Buy flour and salt Mix together with water Bake
Code Block
Normal paragraph. Code	Normal paragraph. Code
Horizontal Rules
* * * ---------------------------------------

Inline Elements

Code	Preview
Links
This is [an example](http://example.com "Example") link. This link has no title attr. This is [an example] [id] reference-style link. [id]: http://example.com "Optional Title"	This is an example link. This link has no title attr. This is an example reference-style link.
Emphasis
*single asterisks* single underscores double asterisks double underscores	single asterisks single underscores double asterisks double underscores
Code
This paragraph has some `code` in it.	This paragraph has some code in it.
Image