Obsidian strives for maximum capability without breaking any existing formats. As a result, we use a combination of flavors of [[Basic formatting syntax|Markdown]]. Obsidian supports [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/), [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://github.github.com/gfm/), and [LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/). Obsidian does not support using Markdown formatting or blank lines inside of HTML tags. ### Supported Markdown extensions | Syntax | Description | | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `[[Link]]` | [[Internal links]] | | `![[Link]]` | [[Embed files]] | | `![[Link#^id]]` | [[Internal links#Link to a block in a note\|Block references]] | | `^id` | [[Internal links#Link to a block in a note\|Defining a block]] | | `[^id]` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Footnotes\|Footnotes]] | | `%%Text%%` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Comments\|Comments]] | | `~~Text~~` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Bold, italics, highlights\|Strikethroughs]] | | `==Text==` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Bold, italics, highlights\|Highlights]] | | `` ``` `` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Code blocks\|Code blocks]] | | `- [ ]` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Task lists\|Incomplete task]] | | `- [x]` | [[Basic formatting syntax#Task lists\|Completed task]] | | `> [!note]` | [[Callouts]] | | (see link) | [[Advanced formatting syntax#Tables\|Tables]] |