Markdown/Flavor/Github
Properties
- alias
- GitHub Flavored Markdown, GFM
- tags
- Markdown/Flavor
#GitHub Flavored #Markdown (GFM)
- Why – add tables, task lists, autolinks, strike-through, etc., to fit GitHub workflowsGitHub Docs
- Popularity – default for every issue, PR, README on GitHub; effectively the most-rendered Markdown on the web
- Renderers – C (cmark-gfm)GitHub and wrappers for JS, Go, Rust, Ruby
- Interactive / data – check-box task lists, issue/PR cross-refs, and Mermaid diagrams via fenced code blocks; state (checked/unchecked) persists in repo history