Markdown to HTML Converter

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What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language created by John Gruber in 2004. It uses plain-text formatting syntax that is easy to read and write, and converts cleanly to HTML. Markdown is used everywhere — GitHub READMEs, documentation sites (like Docs.rs and ReadTheDocs), static site generators (Jekyll, Hugo, Gatsby), note-taking apps (Obsidian, Notion), and messaging platforms (Slack, Discord).

Markdown Flavours

• CommonMark: A strict, unambiguous specification for standard Markdown, designed to resolve inconsistencies between implementations.
• GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown): GitHub's extension of CommonMark that adds tables, task lists, strikethrough, and fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting. This is the most widely used flavour.
• MultiMarkdown: Adds footnotes, tables, citations, and metadata. Used in academic writing tools.
• Pandoc Markdown: The most feature-rich flavour, supporting footnotes, math (LaTeX), definition lists, and output to 40+ formats.

When to Use Markdown vs HTML

Markdown is ideal when you want to write content quickly without worrying about tags — documentation, blog posts, README files, and notes. HTML gives you full control over structure, styling, and semantics but is verbose and harder to read as source. Many workflows use Markdown as the source of truth and convert to HTML for publishing, which is exactly what this tool does.