Markdown Cheatsheet
Published on April 4, 2026, 14:40
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This cheatsheet is intended as a quick reference and showcase of the markdown syntax in QOwnNotes.
Headers
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
Alternatively, for H1 and H2, an underline-ish style:
Alt-H1
Alt-H2
H1
H2
H3
H4
H5
H6
Alternatively, for H1 and H2, an underline-ish style:
Alt-H1
Alt-H2
Emphasis
Emphasis, aka italics, with asterisks or _underscores_.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with asterisks or __underscores__.
Combined emphasis with asterisks and _underscores_.
Emphasis, aka italics, with asterisks or _underscores_.
Strong emphasis, aka bold, with asterisks or __underscores__.
Combined emphasis with asterisks and _underscores_.
Lists
(In this example, leading and trailing spaces are shown with with dots: ⋅)
- First ordered list item
- Another item ⋅⋅* Unordered sub-list.
- Actual numbers don’t matter, just that it’s a number ⋅⋅1. Ordered sub-list
- And another item.
⋅⋅⋅You can have properly indented paragraphs within list items. Notice the blank line above, and the leading spaces (at least one, but we’ll use three here to also align the raw Markdown).
⋅⋅⋅To have a line break without a paragraph, you will need to use two trailing spaces.⋅⋅ ⋅⋅⋅Note that this line is separate, but within the same paragraph.⋅⋅
- Unordered list can use asterisks
- Or minuses
- Or pluses
- First ordered list item
- Another item
- Unordered sub-list.
- Actual numbers don’t matter, just that it’s a number
- Ordered sub-list
And another item.
You can have properly indented paragraphs within list items. Notice the blank line above, and the leading spaces (at least one, but we’ll use three here to also align the raw Markdown).
To have a line break without a paragraph, you will need to use two trailing spaces.
Note that this line is separate, but within the same paragraph.
- Unordered list can use asterisks
- Or minuses
- Or pluses
Links
There are two ways to create links.
I’m an inline-style link with title
You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions
URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links in the preview. http://www.example.com or http://www.example.com
I’m an inline-style link with title
You can use numbers for reference-style link definitions
URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links in the preview. http://www.example.com or http://www.example.com
Code and Syntax Highlighting
this is a block
manuel code block
Inlinecodehasback-ticks aroundit.
Inline code has back-ticks around it.
Blocks of code are either fenced by lines with three back-ticks, or are indented with four spaces. I recommend only using the fenced code blocks – they’re easier and only they support syntax highlighting.
wiggles
Iteration. A QuerySet is iterable, and it executes its database
query the first time you iterate over it. For example, this will print
the headline of all entries in the database:
for e in Entry.objects.all(): print(e.headline)
Iteration. A QuerySet is iterable, and it executes its database
query the first time you iterate over it. For example, this will print
the headline of all entries in the database:
for e in Entry.objects.all():
print(e.headline)
Note: Don’t use this if all you want to do is determine if at least one
result exists. It’s more efficient to use exists().
Note: Don’t use this if all you want to do is determine if at least one
result exists. It’s more efficient to use exists().
Tables
Tables aren’t part of the core Markdown spec, but the QOwnNotes preview supports them.
Colons can be used to align columns.
| Tables | Are | Cool |
| ------------- |:-------------:| -----:|
| col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is | centered | $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |
There must be at least 3 dashes separating each header cell.
The outer pipes (|) are optional, and you don't need to make the
raw Markdown line up prettily. You can also use inline Markdown.
Markdown | Less | Pretty
--- | --- | ---
*Still* | `renders` | **nicely**
1 | 2 | 3
Colons can be used to align columns.
| Tables | Are | Cool |
|---|---|---|
| col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is | centered | $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |
There must be at least 3 dashes separating each header cell. The outer pipes (|) are optional, and you don’t need to make the raw Markdown line up prettily. You can also use inline Markdown.
| Markdown | Less | Pretty |
|---|---|---|
| Still | renders |
nicely |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
Blockquotes
> Blockquotes are very handy in email to emulate reply text.
> This line is part of the same quote.
Quote break.
> This is a very long line that will still be quoted properly when it wraps. Oh boy let's keep writing to make sure this is long enough to actually wrap for everyone. Oh, you can *put* **Markdown** into a blockquote.
Blockquotes are very handy in email to emulate reply text. This line is part of the same quote.
Quote break.
This is a very long line that will still be quoted properly when it wraps. Oh boy let’s keep writing to make sure this is long enough to actually wrap for everyone. Oh, you can put Markdown into a blockquote.
Horizontal Rule
Three or more…
Hyphens
Asterisks
Underscores
Line Breaks
Here's a line for us to start with.
This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *separate paragraph*.
This line is also begins a separate paragraph, but...
This line is only separated by two trailing spaces and a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
Here’s a line for us to start with.
This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a separate paragraph.
This line is also begins a separate paragraph, but…
This line is only separated by two trailing spaces and a single newline, so it’s a separate line in the same paragraph.
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