permalink: obsidian-flavored-markdownObsidian strives for maximum capability without breaking any existing formats. As a result, we use a combination of flavors of Markdown.
Obsidian supports CommonMark, GitHub Flavored Markdown, and LaTeX. Obsidian does not support using Markdown formatting or blank lines inside of HTML tags.
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
[[Link]] |
Internal links |
![[Link]] |
Embed files |
![[Link#^id]] |
Block references |
^id |
Defining a block |
[^id] |
Footnotes |
%%Text%% |
Comments |
~~Text~~ |
Strikethroughs |
==Text== |
Highlights |
``` |
Code blocks |
- [ ] |
Incomplete task |
- [x] |
Completed task |
> [!note] |
Callouts |
| (see link) | Tables |