You can create multiple levels of headers, allowing you to structure the document into sections:
You can emphasize text by making it bold, italicized, or crossed out.
Bold: **Bold Text**
or __Bold Text__
Italic: *Italic Text*
or _Italic Text_
Strikethrough: ~~Strikethrough Text~~
Bold Text
Italicized Text
Strikethrough Text
Markdown supports both ordered and unordered lists.
Unordered List (bullets):
-
First item
-
Second item
-
Third item
Ordered List (numbered):
1.
First item
2.
Second item
3.
Third item
Links and images are essential for interactivity and better user experience.
Link: [Link Text](URL)
[Google](https://www.google.com)
Image: 
To display code in your README file, you can use inline code or code blocks.
Inline code: Use backticks ` for small bits of code like npm start.
code
Multiline code blocks: Triple backticks ``` or indented code for multiple lines:
git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git
npm install
npm start
You can specify the language for syntax highlighting (e.g., bash, python, javascript).
You can use tables to display structured data, like lists of features or version history.
| Feature | Description |
|----------------|-------------------------------|
| Feature 1 | Description of feature 1 |
| Feature 2 | Another feature description |
Feature | Description |
---|---|
Feature 1 | Description of feature 1 |
Feature 2 | Another feature description |
Blockquotes are great for including quotes or important messages.
> "This is a blockquote"
"This is a blockquote."
A horizontal line is created by three dashes, asterisks, or underscores:
---
Or:
***
Badges can help display important project information, such as build status, license, or version number.
Example of a build status badge:

Footnotes allow you to add more detailed notes or references:
Here is a footnote reference1.
[^1]: This is the footnote text.
For large README files, you can include a table of contents for easy navigation. GitHub renders TOCs automatically if you use headers and link to them using anchor links (e.g., #installation for a header titled "Installation").
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
If you want to list things that can be checked off, you can use task lists:
- [x] Task 1
- [ ] Task 2
- [ ] Task 3
- Task 1
- Task 2
- Task 3
Footnotes
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This is the footnote text. ↩