GitHub Flavored Markdown
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GitHub Flavored Markdown is an extended version of Markdown used on GitHub that adds features like fenced code blocks, tables, task lists, and syntax highlighting tailored for software development workflows.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Markdown dialect
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lightweight markup language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | GFM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Markdown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conformsTo | CommonMark specification (with extensions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | GitHub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedAt | https://github.github.com/gfm/ ⓘ |
| extends | original Markdown syntax ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
code review discussions
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issue tracking ⓘ project documentation ⓘ rendering source code snippets ⓘ |
| parsersAvailableIn |
Go
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JavaScript NERFINISHED ⓘ Python ⓘ Ruby NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple programming languages ⓘ |
| primaryDomain |
collaborative coding workflows
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software development documentation ⓘ |
| standardizedAs | GFM specification ⓘ |
| supportsCodeFenceDelimiters |
triple backticks ```
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triple tildes ~~~ ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
HTML blocks
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automatic linking of URLs ⓘ blockquotes ⓘ checklist items ⓘ code blocks with language identifiers ⓘ emoji shortcodes ⓘ fenced code blocks ⓘ footnotes (extended CommonMark) ⓘ headings ⓘ images ⓘ inline code ⓘ issue and pull request references ⓘ links ⓘ mention syntax ⓘ nested lists ⓘ strikethrough ⓘ syntax highlighting ⓘ tables ⓘ tables with alignment ⓘ task lists ⓘ |
| supportsTableAlignment | :--- and ---: ⓘ |
| supportsTableSyntax | pipe-separated rows ⓘ |
| supportsTaskListSyntax | [ ] and [x] in list items ⓘ |
| usedFor |
README files
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comments ⓘ issue descriptions ⓘ pull request descriptions ⓘ |
| usedOn |
GitHub Enterprise
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GitHub.com NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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