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GitHub Flavored Markdown

variant of Markdown used by GitHub which adds additional formatting extensions, and custom behavior specific to the platform
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GitHub Flavored Markdown

Summary

GitHub Flavored Markdown is a lightweight markup language[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (lightweight_markup_language category, ranking #10 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • GitHub Flavored Markdown's instance of is recorded as lightweight markup language[3].
  • GitHub Flavored Markdown's based on is recorded as CommonMark[4].
  • GitHub Flavored Markdown's used by is recorded as Q364[5].
  • GitHub Flavored Markdown's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11hfw2v3mt[6].

Why It Matters

GitHub Flavored Markdown draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (lightweight_markup_language category, ranking #10 of 8).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GitHub Flavored Markdown. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/github-flavored-markdown
MLA “GitHub Flavored Markdown.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/github-flavored-markdown.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_github-flavored-markdown_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GitHub Flavored Markdown}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/github-flavored-markdown}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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