Level 1 heading, with one hash.

# Heading 1

Level 2 heading, with two hashes.

## Heading 2

Level 3 heading, with three hashes.

### Heading 3

H4, H5 and H6 work the same way, with more hashes.

#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Alternate syntax for H1 and H2 using underlines.

Heading 1 alt
=============

Heading 2 alt
-------------

Bold text, using two asterisks or underscores.

**bold text**

Italic text, using one asterisk or underscore.

*italic text*

Combine bold and italic with three asterisks.

***bold and italic***

Strikethrough text, with two tildes.

~~strikethrough~~

Highlighted text, with two equal signs.

==highlighted==

Subscript with tildes, superscript with carets.

H~2~O and X^2^

Use hyphen, asterisk or plus to start each item.

- Item one
- Item two
- Item three

Numbers followed by a period. The renderer renumbers if needed.

1. First
2. Second
3. Third

Indent two spaces per level to nest sub-lists.

- Parent
  - Child
    - Grandchild

Use [x] for done and [ ] for pending.

- [x] Done
- [ ] Pending
- [ ] Todo

Text in square brackets, URL in parentheses.

[MaisTools](https://maistools.com)

Add a label in quotes after the URL.

[Hover me](https://maistools.com "Tooltip text")

Define the URL once and reference it by identifier.

[Reference link][ref]

[ref]: https://maistools.com

Wrap the URL in angle brackets to make it clickable.

<https://maistools.com>

Like a link, but preceded by an exclamation mark.

![Alt text](https://placehold.co/120x60)

Add a label in quotes for accessibility.

![Alt](https://placehold.co/120x60 "Tooltip")

Wrap the image in a link to make it clickable.

[![Logo](https://placehold.co/120x60)](https://maistools.com)

Wrap short snippets in backticks.

Inline `code` here.

Three backticks on their own lines mark a block.

```
code block
  with indentation
```

code block
  with indentation

Specify the language after the backticks for syntax highlight.

```js
const x = 42;
console.log(x);
```

const x = 42;
console.log(x);

Put a greater than sign at the start of each line.

> A quote line.
> Another line.

Use multiple greater than signs for nested quotes.

> Outer quote
>
> > Nested quote

Header on the first row, separator on the second, data after.

| Fruit  | Color  |
| ------ | ------ |
| Apple  | Red    |
| Banana | Yellow |

Use colons in the separator to align left, center or right.

| Left | Center | Right |
| :--- | :----: | ----: |
| a    | b      | c     |

Three hyphens, asterisks or underscores on an empty line.

Above

---

Below

Two trailing spaces force a line break.

Line 1.  
Line 2.

Prefix a character with a backslash to keep it literal.

Escape: \*not italic\* and \# not heading

Use [^id] in the text and [^id]: definition below.

Footnote ref[^1]

[^1]: Footnote content.

Term on a line, definitions prefixed with a colon.

Term
: Definition one
: Definition two